Proto-Inupik: *napǝt-, *napǝ-ʁ-
Meaning: to snare, to trap
Russian meaning: ловить в ловушку, силком
Seward Peninsula Inupik: navit-
SPI Dialects: Imaq navíʁaɣa 'to harness dogs'
North Alaskan Inupik: napɨt-
Western Canadian Inupik: napit-
WCI Dialects: Cop napiq- 'to make loop around' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: napiq- 'to make a loop, to catch with a lasso', napiaʁuti 'lasso'
Greenlandic Inupik: napi(a)ʁ- tr., napit- intr.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 217
