Proto-Inupik: *nụki̊ɣ, *j-
Meaning: tendon 1, cartilage 2, muscle 3, nerve 4, strength 5
Russian meaning: сухожилие 1, хрящ 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: juɣik 1, 5
SPI Dialects: W nuɣük* (ɣǖk, ɣiɣit) 1, 5, KI juɣik* 1, 5
North Alaskan Inupik: nukɨk 1, 2, 5, nukiʁuq 4
Western Canadian Inupik: nukik 2, 1, 5, nukiʁuq 'filaments connecting two halves of wood one is chopping in half'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuki 3, 1, 5, nukiʁuaq 'small tendons, fibres, small roots in peat used to shoe sled runners, rootlet'
Greenlandic Inupik: nukik (nukik*) 3, 1, 5, nukiʁuaq (nukiʁukkat pl.) 'root running out from tree'
GRI Dialects: EG nuɣiq, nuɣiʁ̃iq 3, 1, 'sinew thread', 5
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237
