Proto-Inupik: *nIka-(cuɣ-)
Meaning: to feel inferior, unworthy
Russian meaning: чувствовать недостойным, худшим
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niɣaɣi- 'to give sth. though one feels it is unworthy, inferior', niɣasuk- 'to doubt sbd.'s word'
North Alaskan Inupik: nika- 'to be embarrassed, to avoid eye contact with other', nikasuk- 'not to be confident'
NAI Dialects: Qaw nikaɣi- 'to doubt one's ability to do sth.', Nu nikaɣɨ- 'to feel sbd. is not good enough, incapable to do sth.'
Western Canadian Inupik: nikaɣi- 'not to feel confident in, not to consider good'
WCI Dialects: Cop, Ow nikahuk- 'to be patient'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nika- 'to be bereaved (on death of sbd.)', nikaɣi- 'to be sorry for'
ECI Dialects: Lab nikaɣi- 'to spare (out of pity' [Bourq.]
Greenlandic Inupik: nika- 'to be sad, depressed, to mourn over', nikaɣi- 'to think (sbd.) insignificant, not much'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 225
