Proto-Inupik: *nǝ̊pǝ, *nǝpliʁ-
Meaning: voice, sound 1, to make a noise, to make a sound 2, to be silent 3, to become silent 4
Russian meaning: голос, звук 1, шуметь, издавать звуки 2, молчать 3, утихнуть 4
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nivi 1, nivāla- 2, nipɫiq- 'to utter asound, to yell', nivait- (neg.) 3, nivaiq- (neg.) 4
SPI Dialects: Imaq nɨvētoq (neg.) 3, W nüvi* (nüvīk, nüvvit) 1, KI nivā* 2
North Alaskan Inupik: nipɨ 1, nipat- 2, nipāla- 'to scream', nivliq- 2, 'to speak', nipait- (neg.) 3, nipaiq- (neg.) 4
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl nipi* 1, Nu nipliq- 2, 'to speak'
Western Canadian Inupik: nipi 1, nipāq-, nivliq- 2, nipait- (neg.) 3
WCI Dialects: Cor, M nipaqtoq* 2, Car? nipaq- 'to moan' [Schn.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nipi 1, nipā-, nilli(q)- 2, nipait- (neg.) 3, nipaŋiq- (neg.) 4
Greenlandic Inupik: nipi (nipe*) 1, nipāʁ- 'to bawl', niɫɫiʁ- (nivdlerpoq*) 2, nipāt- (neg.) 3, nipaŋiʁ- (neg.) 4
GRI Dialects: NG nipā- 'to shout, to scream'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 228, 229
