Proto-Inupik: *ạjąɣ(-)
Meaning: pole, support 1, to prop up 2
Russian meaning: подпорка, шест 1, подпирать(ся) 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ajak 1 (of tent)
SPI Dialects: Imaq ajáɣ-a 3sg. 'harpoon pole', ajáktoq 'to abut against', W ająq* (āk, ēt) 'house post, tent pole'
North Alaskan Inupik: ajak 'harpoon or spear pole', ajak- 2
Western Canadian Inupik: ajak, ajaq 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ajak- 'to shove'
ECI Dialects: Lab ajak- 'to lean on, to shove'
Greenlandic Inupik: ajaɣ- 2, ajagaq* 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 58
