Proto-Inupik: *nǝvi-
Meaning: to flock around, to be attracted to 1, to hover, to hang around 2, to stick to 3
Russian meaning: копошиться, кишеть 1, виться вокруг 2, прилипать 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nui- 1, niū̆q- 2 'to stick to pan (burnt food)'
SPI Dialects: Imaq nivítatoq 3, nivítɨq 'viscosity'
North Alaskan Inupik: nivi- 1, nivi 'place where animals or insects come', niviuq- 2, niviɣaq- 2 'to scrutinize from all sizes', niviĺuk- 'clinging dirt or snow'
NAI Dialects: Qaw niwiuq-, nuwiuq- 2
Western Canadian Inupik: niviuq- 2 (animals or young men around girls), niviluknaqtuq 'snow clinging to clothes'
WCI Dialects: Net niviuʁnaq- 'to be charming'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niviuq- 'to remain close (by affection - as mother to child or bird close to nest)'
Greenlandic Inupik: nivi- 'to seek out, to keep close to (e.g. raven to carcass)', niviuʁ- 2, 'to brood'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 232, 233
