Proto-Inupik: *quu-t-, *quu-nǝʁ, *quu-ki
Meaning: to become, to make narrower 1, to have small opening 2,
Russian meaning: сузить(ся) 1, иметь узкое отверстие 2, долина, ущелье 3
SPI Dialects: Imaq quvɨ́nɨq (quwɨ́-) 'ravine', 3
North Alaskan Inupik: qūt- 1
NAI Dialects: Nu qūnʁut pl. 'canyon'
Western Canadian Inupik: qūɣli- 1 (passage)
WCI Dialects: Net qūkilʁuq 'narrowest part of way or straight'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qūt- 1, qūkit- 2, qūʁŋuq 'narrows (between island and mainland, two lakes or two islands)
ECI Dialects: Wakeham Bay qut- 2, Lab quki 'narrowing of walley or river', NBI qukinniq 'straight'
Greenlandic Inupik: qūt-, quɣ- 1, 'to shrink', qūʁnuq 'narrow part of fjord'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 311, 312
