Proto-Inupik: *kỊvɣạ-
Meaning: messenger 1, servant 2
Russian meaning: посыльный 1, слуга 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: kiɣvaq 1
SPI Dialects: W kivɣaq* 1
North Alaskan Inupik: kivɣaq 2, 1
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl kivɣaq* 1
Western Canadian Inupik: kivɣaq 2
WCI Dialects: M kivɣaluk* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: kiɣɣaq 1, (2)
ECI Dialects: Lab kipaluk 2, Igl kivɣaluaq 'man (shaman's word)' [Ras.]
Greenlandic Inupik: kiffaq (kivfaq*) 2, kiffaluɣaq, kiffalukak 'maid, helper'
GRI Dialects: Up kikkaq 2, NG kiɣvaq 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 173
