Proto-Inupik: *ulap-ǝt-, *ulav-rǝ-
Meaning: to distract, to confuse 1, to be busy 2, to lose, to be lost 3, to play (a game) 4
Russian meaning: отвлекать, сбивать с толку 1, быть занятым 2, терять(ся) 3, играться (в игру) 4
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ulapit- 1, 'to bother', [Jen.] 2
North Alaskan Inupik: ulapɨt- 1 'to get confused', 3, ulapki- 4 [Jen.], ulavrɨ- inchoat. 1 'to become or to make confused'
Western Canadian Inupik: ulapit- 3
WCI Dialects: Net ulapqi- 4, Cop ulapqiujaq- 4 (with toys), ulapquti- 2 'to occupy oneself with', ~ Sig ulapāq- 'to live it up, to act wild'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ulapit- 1
Greenlandic Inupik: ulapit- 2, ulaššut(i)- (ulavssut(i)- 1 'to be confused by'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 365
