Proto-Inupik: *nuc(c)uɣ-
Meaning: to pull
Russian meaning: тащить, вытаскивать
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuzuk- 'to pull sth. up from shore to houses'
North Alaskan Inupik: nusuk-, nutcuk- 'to pluck, to snatch, to pull out'
Western Canadian Inupik: nutsuk- 'to pull on', nusuksima- 'to keep taut for a moment'
WCI Dialects: Sig nusuk- 'to pull, to scratch' [Lowe], Net nusuk- 'to pull, to scratch' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nusuk- 'to pull towards self, to tear off', nutsu(k)- 'to draw towards self (object on water), to pluck (plant or sth. on ground)'
Greenlandic Inupik: nusuɣ- 'to pull towards self, to pull out', nutsuɣ- 'to pull towards self, to pluck (heathers for fuel)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 236
