Proto-Inupik: *ijuʁa-, *irǝʁa-
Meaning: hiding person
Russian meaning: прячущийся человек
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ~ iriʁaq (usually a strangler drifted ashore on ice floe)
SPI Dialects: KI īɣaq- 'to walk stealthily' [Jen.], ~ Imaq ɨrɨ́ʁaq 'wild man'
NAI Dialects: Nu īʁāq 'wild baby (ferocious legendary being)', ~ Qaw iriʁaq 'person believed to live as a hermit, having run away from the world', PH iriʁaq 'prowler'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ijiʁaq, ijuʁaq 'ghost'
ECI Dialects: NBI ijuʁujuq 'ghost'
Greenlandic Inupik: ~ išiʁaq 'legendary creature living underground'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 122, 123
inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-spi,inupet-spis,inupet-nais,inupet-eci,inupet-ecis,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,
