Proto-Inupik: *qIŋnǝ-
Meaning: cache
Russian meaning: схрон, склад
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qiŋniq 'small undergoing cache', qiŋni- 'to gather and store provisions' [Jen.]
North Alaskan Inupik: qiŋnɨq (ʁ)
Western Canadian Inupik: qiŋniq 'fish cashe', qiŋni- 'to make a fish cashe'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qinniq 'cache, store of meat or fish walled in with stones'
Greenlandic Inupik: qinniq (ʁ) 'cold storage, winter cashe'
GRI Dialects: NG qiŋniq, qiŋni- 'to gather winter stores'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 298
