Proto-Inupik: *ta(ɣ)i-, *taɣɣi-nt
Meaning: to utter (name) 1, name 2
Russian meaning: называть 2, имя 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: tai- 1, taɣɣin 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq taīɣa 'to say to sbd.', tēɫiq 'delation, demand', W tēɣa* 'to name', KI taiɣa* 'to name'
North Alaskan Inupik: ta[ɣ]i- 1, taɣɣiń 2
Western Canadian Inupik: tai- 'to name'
WCI Dialects: Cor tainiq* 'word', Car? tailaq 'name, nominal' [Schn.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: tai- 'to mention'
Greenlandic Inupik: tai- (taivâ*) 'to name, to mention, to call, vote for, to send with a message', tāšaq 'messenger', tāɫɫaq 'poem', taxxaʁɫuq- 'to misspronounce' (to name badly), taxxit 2 'name of sth., noun'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 325
