Proto-Inupik: *cali-(-ɣ)-
Meaning: to cut with scissors 1, to clean by scraping 2
Russian meaning: стричь 1, чистить скребком 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: sali- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq salíraɣa 1
North Alaskan Inupik: sali- 1, saliɣuq- 'to remove blubber from sea mammal'
WCI Dialects: Car EP haliɣūt 'skin scraper' [Ow.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: sali- 2, 1, salik- 'to clip hair', saliɣuq- 2 (thinning sth.)
Greenlandic Inupik: sali- 'to scrape hair off skin with razor'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 66
