Proto-Inupik: *qi'ŋu-, *qitŋu-
Meaning: corner (inside or outside)
Russian meaning: угол (внешний, внутренний), закуток
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qikŋuq
North Alaskan Inupik: qińŋuq 'part of lake furthest inside', qińŋuqɫiq 'hindmost'
NAI Dialects: Qaw qikŋuq 'bent in river', Nu qitŋuq 'part of lake furthest inside'
WCI Dialects: Car EP qiŋuq 'west side of lake' [Ow.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qiŋŋu 'end of a fjord or creek, back room or cave'
Greenlandic Inupik: qiŋŋuq 'head of fjord, inner recess of cave', qiŋŋuʁɫiq (ʁ) 'innermost'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 308
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-spi,inupet-nai,inupet-nais,inupet-wcis,inupet-eci,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,