Proto-Inupik: *kuja-
Meaning: spine 1, vertebra 2, keel 3
Russian meaning: спина, позвоночник 1, позвонок 2, киль 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: kujak 3, kujapiaq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq kujáq 'flesh on loins with backbone and ribs'
North Alaskan Inupik: kujaik du. 'lumbar vertebrae', kujapiɣaq 1, 2
NAI Dialects: Mal kijupiɣaq, ki(j)ipiɣaq 1
Western Canadian Inupik: kujak 3, kujapiɣaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cop kujāq 3 [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: kujaq 3, kujapiɣaq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: kujāq 3, kujapiɣaq 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 183
