Proto-Inupik: *ạklą-
Meaning: polar bear 1, brown bear 2
Russian meaning: белый медведь 1, бурый медведь 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: akɫaq 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq akɫáq 1, áqɫaq 2, W ąkląq* (āk, ąt) 2 [Jen.], KI akląq* 2 [Jen.]
North Alaskan Inupik: akɫaq 1
NAI Dialects: Nu aklaq 1, B akląq* 2 [Jen.], Ingl akląq* [Jen.]
Western Canadian Inupik: akɫaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cor akx́ąt*, akx́lat* pl. 2 [Jen.], M akląq* 2 [Jen.], Cop axxaq 2, Sig akɫaq 'grizzly bear' [Lowe], akɫaq 'black bear' and akvik 'yellow land bear' [Pet.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: atsaq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: aɫɫaq (agdlaq*)
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 13
