Proto-Inupik: *uki-t-, *ukki-ʁ-
Meaning: to tear
Russian meaning: разрывать(ся)
Seward Peninsula Inupik: uɣit- 'to open hole in ice'
SPI Dialects: Imaq uɣímaq 'hole in lash on the arrow head', uɣíseq 'hole in scraper blade', uɣítatoq 'to get ahole, to tear'
North Alaskan Inupik: ukit- 'to cut oblong hole in'
Western Canadian Inupik: ukkiq- 'to tear away a piece'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ukit- (skin or garment while cleaning)
ECI Dialects: Lab ukkiC- 'to make eye in needle' [Peck]
Greenlandic Inupik: ukit- 'to drill eye in needle'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 364
