Proto-Inupik: *uuɣ-, *uuktu-(aʁ-)
Meaning: to try on, to test 1, to sample, to measure 2
Russian meaning: пробовать 1, выбирать по образцу, мерить 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ūk- 1, ūktāq- 1, 2
SPI Dialects: Imaɣa uɣáɣa 1, uktāʁaɣa 'to test'
North Alaskan Inupik: ūk- 2, 1, ūktūn 'measuring device'
NAI Dialects: Qaw ūktuaq- 1, 2
Western Canadian Inupik: ūktuq- 2, ūktūn 'measure, ruler'
WCI Dialects: Baker Lake ūxxitaq- 'to compete at shooting at target'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: uttu(q)- 1, 'to taste'
Greenlandic Inupik: ūɣ- 1, 2, ūttuʁ- 2, 'to weigh', ūttā (ûgtai-*) 'to shoot at mark'
GRI Dialects: Up ū̆tsiʁ-, ūtsiviq 'target', NG ūktuq 'to get a taste of'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 359
