Proto-Inupik: *cila- (*cilait- neg.)
Meaning: wise, clever 1, stupid, crazy 2
Russian meaning: мудрый, умный 1, дурной, сумасшедший 2
North Alaskan Inupik: silɣatu- 1, siĺait- neg. 'to pay no attention to whether it is night or day', siĺaiʁutɨ- neg. 'to lose one's senses'
NAI Dialects: Qaw silait- neg. 2
Eastern Canadian Inupik: silatu- 1, 'cunning, intelligent', silait- neg. 2
Greenlandic Inupik: silatu- 1, 'sensible', silāt- neg. 2, silāʁut(i)- 'to lose one's senses'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 79, 78
