Proto-Inupik: *nikǝ/it-
Meaning: to move a little 1, to move, no longer be in line 2, to make uneven, askew 3
Russian meaning: сдвинуться 1, двигаться, сходить с линии 2, неуверенный, неровный 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niɣit- 3
SPI Dialects: Imaq niɣítatoq 2, niɣítiq 'movement'
North Alaskan Inupik: nikɨt- 3
Western Canadian Inupik: nikit-
WCI Dialects: Car? nikit- 'to move off far' [Schn.], Car Baker Lake nikitaqtuq 'sth. moving in the distance on the ice'
ECI Dialects: Lab nikit- 2 [Bourq.], nikitsuittuk 'Pole star' (= unmovable)
Greenlandic Inupik: nikit- 'to move, to change position, to be dislodged', nikitāt(i)- 'to alternate'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 234
