Proto-Inupik: *liʁli[ʁ]
Meaning: goose
Russian meaning: гусь
Seward Peninsula Inupik: liʁliq
SPI Dialects: Imaq lɨ́ʁlɨq 'white goose', ɫɨ́qɫɨq 'swan', W liʁʎiq* (ʎīk, ʎẹʁit) 'black brant', [Ras.] niʁliq 'brant goose'
North Alaskan Inupik: nɨʁlɨq (ʁ)
NAI Dialects: B nẹʁʎiq* 'black brant', Qaw liʁliq 'Canada goose', Mal (Norton) lerlivik* 'brant goose' [Ras.]
Western Canadian Inupik: niʁliʁniq 'small wild duck, brant'
WCI Dialects: Cor niʁʎivik* 'rookery of brants' Car niʁliʁniq 'barnacle goose' [Ras.], Cop niʁlivik 'white-fronted goose' [Lowe], Car (Ahiarmiut) liʁliq 'goose' [Dor.], EP niʁliq, liʁliq 'bean goose' [Ow.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niʁliq 'Canada goose'
Greenlandic Inupik: niʁɫiq (ʁ) (nerdleq*) 'goose'
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