Proto-Inupik: *ạlǝ̣ɣ-, *ala- (-nǝʁ), *allaʁ
Meaning: to tear, to rip 1, piece ripped off 2, to be torn, rent 3
Russian meaning: рвать 1, вырванный клок 2, порванный, разорванный 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: alik- 1, allaq 2, 'hole in clothing'
SPI Dialects: Imaq alɨ́ɣāɣa 1, alánɨq 'hole', W aliktoq*, aliɣatoq* intens. 3, KI aliktoq* 3
North Alaskan Inupik: alɨk- 1, allaq (ʁ) 'perforation, hole', alaiq- neg. 'not to have any holes'
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl aliktoq* 3
Western Canadian Inupik: alik- 1, allaq 'piece ripped off, shred' [Pryde]
WCI Dialects: Cor aliktoq* 3
Eastern Canadian Inupik: alik- 1
Greenlandic Inupik: aliɣ- (aligpâ*) 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 21, 18
