Proto-Inupik: *iʁi-t-
Meaning: to fall out (hair) 1, to pluck (bird or grass) 2
Russian meaning: линять, выпадать (о волосах, шерсти) 1, щипать, ощипывать (птицу, траву) 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: iʁitaq- 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq íʁitáʁɨɣa 2, iʁvízik du. 'short shoes up to kneees made by hairless skin'
North Alaskan Inupik: iʁi- 1, iʁisaq-, iʁitcaq- 2
NAI Dialects: Qaw iʁi- 1
Western Canadian Inupik: iʁi- 1
WCI Dialects: Car iʁi- 1, 'to wear a hole in sole' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: iʁit- 1
ECI Dialects: Lab iʁiviC- 'to be bare, naked', iʁitaq- [Peck] 2
Greenlandic Inupik: iʁit- 1, iʁuit-, iʁivit- 'to be hairless (skin)', iʁisaʁ- 2, iʁitaq 'skin from which hair or feathers has been removed', iʁisāq 'watertight skin'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 116
