Proto-Inupik: *nikcaaɣ-, *nikcaaɣ-tu-
Meaning: to belch 1, ptarmigan (sp.) 2
Russian meaning: рыгать 1, куропатка (спец.) 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niksāk- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq niqsáɣatoq 1
North Alaskan Inupik: niksāk- 1, niksāktuŋiq 2 (all-white), niksāktuq 2 (rock) [Jen.]
Western Canadian Inupik: niksāk- [Lowe], nikaq- [Met.] 1
WCI Dialects: Car niksāq- 'to make a sound' [Ras.], Sig niksāktualuq 2 (rock) [Lowe]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nitsā(C)- 1
ECI Dialects: Lab niksāq- 1 [Bourq.], nitsāqtuq 2 (white) [Bourq.]
Greenlandic Inupik: nissāɣ- 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 225, 226
