Proto-Inupik: *ǝ̣lị-
Meaning: to become 1, to reach a point 2, to act, to proceed 3
Russian meaning: становиться, стать 1, достигать 2, делаться, приниматься 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ili- 'to come to resemble', 2 ('to reach a point partway to destination')
SPI Dialects: ~ Imaq ɨ́ɫɨq 'life, being, generation'
North Alaskan Inupik: iĺi- 1, 'to make become', 2, 'to come into sight or mind' ["in the 'become' sense with a nominal in the aequalis case"]
NAI Dialects: B iliʁoq* 3, ilisiq*, iɣ́usiq* 'behaviour, manner', Nu ili- 1, 'to make become', 2
WCI Dialects: Cor ilivoq* 3, M ilijoq* 3
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ili- 'to behave (thus)', iliuq- 'to behave like' ["in the 'behave' sense an aequalis case nominal is required"]
Greenlandic Inupik: ili- 'to behave, to treat', 1, 'to act', ilivoq* 3, iluseq* 'behaviour, manner' [Jen.], iliuʁ- 'to do, to deal with' [in all except the 'put' senses these require a nominal in the aequalis case or an equivalent adverbial"]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 106, 107
