Proto-Inupik: *ạpǝ̈ʁǝ̣-, *ạpǝ̨̈qrųʁ-
Meaning: to ask 1, to question, to interrogate 2
Russian meaning: спрашивать, просить 1, выспрашивать, задавать вопрос 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: aviʁi-, aviqšuq- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq āvɨʁɨ́ɣa 1, āvɨqšúɣa 'to beg', ápqɨzaq 'well-known', W avąksoɣwa*, KI avẹʁiɣa*
North Alaskan Inupik: apiʁɨ-, apiqšuq- 1
NAI Dialects: B apẹʁiɣa*, apẹqsʁoqtoq*, Ingl apẹʁuɣa*
Western Canadian Inupik: apiʁi- 1, apiqsuq- 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M apẹʁiɣa*
Eastern Canadian Inupik: apiʁi- 1, apiʁsu(q)- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: apiʁi- (aperâ*) 1, apiʁšuʁ- 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 37
