Proto-Inupik: *ciŋu-
Meaning: to strain 1, to strain at stool 2
Russian meaning: напрягаться 1, тужиться 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: siŋutniq- 'to push' 2, 'to strain with abdominal muscles'
SPI Dialects: Imaq siŋúnɨq 'proud'
North Alaskan Inupik: siŋuk- 1, 2, ('to strain at stool or in labor contraction'), siŋulluq- 2
NAI Dialects: Qaw siŋuk- 1, 2 ('to push, to strain with abdominal muscles')
Eastern Canadian Inupik: siŋu- 'to swell, to become congested', siŋullu(q)- 2
ECI Dialects: Iti siŋu(q)- 'to squeeze out'
Greenlandic Inupik: siŋŋuʁ- 'to be red-faced', siŋunniʁ- 'to strain so one's vein stand out', siŋuɫɫuʁ- 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 82
