Proto-Inupik: *nu[ɣ]i
Meaning: dart, bird spear 1, three-pronged spear 2
Russian meaning: дротик, копьецо на птиц 1, трезубец 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuɣik 'side prong of bird spear'
North Alaskan Inupik: nuijāqpak, nuiqsaq- 'to throw a bird dart'
WCI Dialects: Sig nujāqpak 2 [Lowe], Car nuiaqpak 2 [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuit pl. 2
ECI Dialects: Lab nuɣɣit 2 [Bourq.]
Greenlandic Inupik: nuffit (nugfit*) pl. (nuī 3sg.) 2
GRI Dialects: Up nuit pl., EG nukkit pl. 2, nuiʁ- 'to hit with bird dart'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237
