Proto-Inupik: *tanǝ-ɣ-
Meaning: to wash 1, to clean 2
Russian meaning: мыть 1, чистить, очищать 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: tanit- 1, 'to scrub'
SPI Dialects: Imaq tánɨlāûn 'let me wash it'
WCI Dialects: Sig tanik- 'to wasg clean' [Pet.]
ECI Dialects: Lab tan(n)ik-, tan(n)iq- 2 (bones), 'to take off meat from bones' [Peck]
Greenlandic Inupik: tanit- 'to put ointment on, to salve' > 'to grease'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 329, 330
