Proto-Inupik: *cavǝɣ-
Meaning: harpoon head 1, to mount harpoon head on harpoon 2
Russian meaning: наконечник гарпуна 1, надевать головку гарпуна 2
WCI Dialects: Car havɣut 'snow probe', havɣuhaq- 'to test snow with a snow rod'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: savik- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: saviɣ- 2, saxxuššāʁ- (savgússaer-*) 'to take harpoon head off shaft'
GRI Dialects: EG caviɣattaq, cavuɣattaq, cavaɣattaq 1, NG haɣɣut 'short strap for attaching line to breathing hole harpoon' [Holt.], WG sūɣaq, Up saŋuaq 'head of bird dart'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 72
