Proto-Inupik: *avaa-ʁ-
Meaning: to kill outright
Russian meaning: забивать, убивать
North Alaskan Inupik: avāq- 'ti knock or be knocked unconscious'
NAI Dialects: [Qaw awat- 'to strangle', awatāq- 'to press on carotid artery to cause to feel faint' < CAY]
Western Canadian Inupik: avāq-
WCI Dialects: Net avāq- 'to hit on head', avāqtaun 'club' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: avāq- 'to be killed or hit in vital spot'
ECI Dialects: Lab avāq- 'to beat, to shoot in the head' [Peck]
Greenlandic Inupik: avāʁ- 'to hit on back of head and kill that way'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 54
