Proto-Inupik: *ǝ̣̊pų, *ǝpI
Meaning: handle 1, stem of plant, stalk 2
Russian meaning: ручка 1, стебель 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ivu 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq ɨvú, ɨvɨ́qɫuq 1, ɨvúqɫuq 2, W üvu* (ūk, uit) 1, KI ivu* 1
North Alaskan Inupik: ipu 1
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl ipo* 1, Mal ipi 1
Western Canadian Inupik: ipu 1
WCI Dialects: Cor, M ipo* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ipu 1
Greenlandic Inupik: ipu (ipo*) 1, ipi 1 (on bucket, kettle or the like)
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 114, 140
