Proto-Inupik: *alatka-ʁ-
Meaning: to go check on, to go and look 1, to catch sight of 2
Russian meaning: идти проверять, идти посмотреть 1, высмотреть 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: alakaq- 1
North Alaskan Inupik: alatkaq- 'to peer over the barrier, to reach point where one can see'
NAI Dialects: Qaw alaka(u)q- 'to peek', alāŋāq- 'to find amazing'
Western Canadian Inupik: alatkaq- 1
WCI Dialects: Cop alakkaq- 'to get a view over', Sig alajuaq- 'to spy on' [Pet.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: alakka(q)- 'to see what one sought to see'
Greenlandic Inupik: alakkaʁ- 2, 'to look in for a moment'
GRI Dialects: NG alikkaʁ- 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 15, 16
