Proto-Inupik: *niu (-lǝ)
Meaning: leg 1, root 2
Russian meaning: нога 1, корень 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niu 1, niuli- 'to get twisted root (tooth)'
SPI Dialects: Imaq níû, níju 1, W niu* (niuk, niut) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: niu 1, niulu 2 (of tooth), 'leg of furniture'
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl niu* 1
Western Canadian Inupik: niu 1
WCI Dialects: Cor, M niu* 1, Car Baker Lake niuluk 2 [Schn.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niu(k) 1, niuluk 'support for traditional lamp'
ECI Dialects: Lab niulu 'leg of table' [Peck]
Greenlandic Inupik: niu (nissut pl.) (nio*) 1, niulu 2 (of plant), 'foot of furniture)
GRI Dialects: EG, Up nīq 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 235
