Proto-Inupik: *kipu- (*kǝpu- ?)
Meaning: to exchange places
Russian meaning: меняться местами
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ~ kivut- 'to pass without knowing', kivulik- 'to miss, not see sbd.'
SPI Dialects: Imaq kɨvúmun 'across'
North Alaskan Inupik: kiput- tr., ~ kipujuŋa- 'not understand, to be unable to distinguish things'
Western Canadian Inupik: kipuk-, kipusiq-
WCI Dialects: Sig kipūri-* 'to take turns' [Ras.], kipuktuaq 'trader' [Pet.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: kipuŋa- 'to put the other way round'
ECI Dialects: ~ Lab kipujuŋa- 'to make lots of mistakes in receiting, to stammer'
Greenlandic Inupik: ?? kipu(t)- 'to become warped', kipuŋa- 'to be cut off crooked, not at right angles'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 176, 177
