Proto-Inupik: *upaɣ-
Meaning: to go directly to 1, to go after, to pursue 2
Russian meaning: идти по направлению 1, следовать за, преследовать 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: uvak- 2 (an animal), uvakaq- 'to chase after'
SPI Dialects: Imaq uwákšutɨ 'leader in dog harness'
North Alaskan Inupik: upak- 1, 'to rush, to charge'
Western Canadian Inupik: upak- 'to go to meet', [Jen.] 2
WCI Dialects: Car upak-, upat- 'to hunt large herds of caribou' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: upak- 'to go to join'
ECI Dialects: Lab upak- 2, 'to attack'
Greenlandic Inupik: upaɣ- 'to reach for food, to lie in wait for (whale)', upattuʁ- 'to seek bait (fish)', upanniɣ- 'to attack'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 376, 377
