Proto-Inupik: *nImniu-ʁ-
Meaning: pressed, squeezed by others
Russian meaning: зажатый, стиснутый
Western Canadian Inupik: nimniuq- 'too small or narrow to hold - e.g. thread or nail'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: ninniut(i)-, ninniuʁi- 'to press, to squeeze continually'
Greenlandic Inupik: ninniuʁ- (in crowd), ninnit- (nivnit-*) 'narrow or tight (clothing)', ninniɣi- 'to find too narrow, to cannot get through (hole)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 226
