Inupik etymology : Query result

Proto-Inupik: *ịkụɣ-

Meaning: to scrape, to scratch (with a skin scraper)

Russian meaning: скрести, царапать (скребком)

Seward Peninsula Inupik: iɣuk-, iɣūn 'skin scraper'

SPI Dialects: Imaq iɣūn 'comb for preparing grass', W iɣūn*, iɣuttaq* 'skin scraper'

North Alaskan Inupik: ikuk-

NAI Dialects: B, Ingl ikuktoq*, B ikūn 'skin scraper'

Western Canadian Inupik: ikūtaq 'drill'

WCI Dialects: Cor ikuktoq* 'to drill', ikūn* 'drill', M ikuktoq* 'to scrape skin', Sig ikuk- 'to plane down', Net ikuk- 'to scrape' [Pet.], 'to chop off' [Ras.], Car? ikupik- 'to cut a small piece off' [Schn.], ikūtaq 'adze' [Ras.]

Eastern Canadian Inupik: ikupiɣaq- 'to remove several pieces (of meat or tobacco)', ikūtaq 'drill'

Greenlandic Inupik: ikuɣ- 'to cut, to hack', ikugpâ* 'to drill' [Jen.]

GRI Dialects: NG ikūtaq 'axe', WG ikuttāt 'axe'

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 125