Proto-Inupik: *talu(-), *tälịt-
Meaning: to cover 1, covering 2, hunting screen 3, to disappear from view 4, to set (of sun or moon) 5
Russian meaning: накрывать, закрывать 1, нечто закрывающее 2, укрытие, щит 3, скрыться из виду 4, садиться (о солнце или луне) 5
Seward Peninsula Inupik: talu 2, 3, talit- 4 (also of sun)
SPI Dialects: Imaq talítoq 'to hide oneself', táliʁlātaqā 'darkness covers up', talúratoq 'to wait for animals (behind screen?)', W tälittoq* 5
North Alaskan Inupik: talu- 1, talu 3, 2, talit- 4
NAI Dialects: B tälittoq* 5, Qaw talu 2 (tent flap), Nu talu- 'to close door', talu 'door', tālu 'shelter'
Western Canadian Inupik: talu- 1, talu(k) 3, talit- 4
WCI Dialects: Cor, M tälittoq* 5, Net, Car taluaq 3 [Dor., Ras.], Car? taluaq 2 (curtain) [Schn.], Net taluk 'stone or snow blind' [Dor.]
ECI Dialects: Tar tālu 3, NBI talu 2 (curtain), Aiv, NBI, SB taluaq 3, Igl talut pl. 2 (caribou fence) [B.-S.]
Greenlandic Inupik: talu- 'to put up partition', talu 3, 'partition on sleeping platform', talípoq* 5 [Jen.], ~ talit- 'to dock'
GRI Dialects: NG talu- 'to cordon off', EG talivat pl. 'fence', NG taluq 'fence', talut pl. 3 [Holt.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 327
