Proto-Inupik: *nǝ̊ɣạ(ʁ), *nǝɣɣǝ-
Meaning: snare, noose 1, to set a snare for 2
Russian meaning: силок 1, ставить силок 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niaq 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq nɨɣáq 1, 'loop of lasso', W nüɣaq* (āk, āt) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: niɣaq 1, niɣɣiq- 2
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl niɣaq* 1, Qaw niɣaq 1
Western Canadian Inupik: niɣaq 1
WCI Dialects: Cor, M niɣaq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niɣaq 1
Greenlandic Inupik: niɣaq (nigaq*) 1, nixxiʁ- 2, nixxat pl. 'spider's web'
GRI Dialects: NG nigāq* 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 223, 224
