Proto-Inupik: *nịlą-ɣ
Meaning: freshwater ice
Russian meaning: пресный лед
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nilak
SPI Dialects: Imaq nílaq, W niląk* (āk, ēt) 'cold'
North Alaskan Inupik: niĺaq 'moist crushed ice, layer of granular snow under anoyher (can be melted for potable water)'
Western Canadian Inupik: nilaq
WCI Dialects: EP nilak 'chipped ice' [Ow.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nilak
Greenlandic Inupik: nilak (nilak* 'cold' [Jen.]), nilaɣ- 'glazed frost'
GRI Dialects: EG, Up nilattaʁ- 'to be covered with frozen earth (sled runners)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 235
