Proto-Inupik: *ǝpǝ-, *ǝp-ja(n)ŋu-, *ǝp-ra-
Meaning: to suffocate 1, to drown 2, to be short of breath 3
Russian meaning: задыхаться 1, захлебнуться 2, иметь слабое дыхание, одышку 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ivi- 1, 2, ipjaŋu- 3, 'to pant'
SPI Dialects: Imaq ɨpšātoq, ipj_ánurātoq 1
North Alaskan Inupik: ipɨ- 1, 2, ipɨt- 1, ivjanŋu- 3, 'to feel faint'
NAI Dialects: Qaw ipsanŋu- 3
Western Canadian Inupik: ipɨ- 'to die of suffocation', ipit- 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ipi- 1, 2, ijjaŋu- 1
Greenlandic Inupik: ipi- 1, 2, issaŋu- (ivsaangu-*) 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 113
