Proto-Inupik: *tųvạa- (*tuvǝʁʁa-)
Meaning: person 1, hunter (usually on sea ice) 2, companion 3
Russian meaning: человек 1, охотник (обычно на льду) 2, товарищ 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: tuwāq 1, tuwāqan 3 (on travel)
North Alaskan Inupik: tuvāq (tuviʁʁat pl.) 2, tuvāq- 'to chase caribou (e.g. into corral) by shouting', tuvāqan 3
NAI Dialects: B tovaqasiɣa* 'to accompany', PH tuɣāq 2
Western Canadian Inupik: tuvāqataq 3 (on hunting trip)
WCI Dialects: Cop tuvāq 2 (on ice), tuvāq- 'to hunt'
ECI Dialects: Tar tuva 'man' [Schn.], Igl tuvāq 'one who accuires things for others' [Ras.], tuvāqat 'hunting companion' [Ras.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 357
