Proto-Inupik: *aqaja-
Meaning: slimy mud
Russian meaning: слизистая грязь
North Alaskan Inupik: aqaja, aqija 'mud', [Ras.] aqija 'swamp'
NAI Dialects: Qaw aʁaja (at creek bottom)
WCI Dialects: Net aqajak [Ras.], Cop aqajait pl. 'seaweed'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: aqajaq 'fine, soft slippery grass growing by rivers or hair-like seaweed'
Greenlandic Inupik: ajaʁaq shaman's word 'spit' [Fab.]
GRI Dialects: NG aʁajak 'slimy seaweed' [Holt.], WG ajaʁāʁ/ɣ- 'slimy'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 38
