Proto-Inupik: *nǝ̊vịuvąɣ, *nǝviaʁ-ruɣ
Meaning: housefly 1, fly, gadfly 2, blowfly 3
Russian meaning: муха 1, слепень 2, мясная муха 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niūvak 1, nujaʁruk dim.
SPI Dialects: Imaq níwaq 1, 2, nijúvaq 'big fly', W nüivąk* (āk, ait) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: nuviuvak 1, niviaʁruk dim. 'small swamp fly'
NAI Dialects: Qaw nujūvak 1, PH niviuvak 1
Western Canadian Inupik: nuviuvak, niviuvak 1
WCI Dialects: Cor niviq* 1, niviuvąk 3 (small), Cop nuviuvak 1 [Lowe], Sig niviuvak 'bluebottle' [Lowe]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuviuvak, niviuvaq 3, niviaʁjuk dim. 'kind of mosquito that doesn't bite, bug'
Greenlandic Inupik: niviu(ɣ)ak (niviuvak*) 3
GRI Dialects: NG niviuvak 3, niviuvāχχuk dim.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 233, 234
