Proto-Inupik: *kạivǝ-(t-), *kaiv-raq
Meaning: to go in circle, to spin 1, top (game) 2, whirlpool 3
Russian meaning: крутиться, идти по кругу 1, юла 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: kaivrāq- 1, kaipsaq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq kējvun*, kējptaq 2, W köptaq* (āk, ąt) 2
North Alaskan Inupik: kaivɨt-, kiavɨt-, kaivrāq- 1, kaifsāq, kiafsāq 2, kaivrāq 3
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl kaipcaq* 2
Western Canadian Inupik: kaivit-, kiavit-, kaivjaq- 1
WCI Dialects: M kaiptaq* 2, Net kaivsā̆q [Ras.] 2
Eastern Canadian Inupik: kaivit-, kiavat- 1, kaittaq 2
ECI Dialects: NBI kaissaq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: kāviɣ- (kâvigpoq* [Jen.], kā̆vit-* [Fab.]) 1, kāššāq (kâvssâq*) 3
GRI Dialects: NG kaivit-
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 150
