Proto-Inupik: *ni(ɣ)u-ʁ-
Meaning: to drill 1, borer, drill 2, fire drill 3
Russian meaning: сверлить 1, бурав, сверло 2, лучок для добывания огня 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niuq- 1, niūn 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq níûqtun 2, W niuqtūn 2 [Jen.]
North Alaskan Inupik: niuqtuq- 1, niɣɣūn 3
NAI Dialects: Qaw niuqtuq- 1
Western Canadian Inupik: niuqtuq- 1, niuqtūn 2 [B.-S.]
WCI Dialects: Net niɣɣin 'drill bow' [B.-S.]
ECI Dialects: Igl nī̆uqtūn 2 [B.-S.], nīuqtūt 'drill bow', nīun 3 [Math.]
Greenlandic Inupik: nīuʁ- 1
GRI Dialects: NG niuq- 1, niut 3 [Holt.], WG nixxit 'bow of drill'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 234
