Proto-Inupik: *kaŋi-, kaŋi-ʁ
Meaning: inner part, land side 1, direction towards land 2, origin, source 3, headwaters, source of river 4, part furtherst inland, innermost one 5, to go inland, upriver 6
Russian meaning: внутренняя часть (страны) 1, направление вглубь (страны) 2, основа, источник 3, исток реки 4, находящийся внутри (страны) 5, идти вглубь страны, к истокам 6
Seward Peninsula Inupik: kaŋiq 3, 4, kaŋivaq- 6
SPI Dialects: Imaq kaŋítoq neg. 'endless, borderless', W kaŋia* 3sg. 2, 5
North Alaskan Inupik: kaŋiq 3, 4, 'place where peninsula joins mainland', kaŋiĺĺiq 5
NAI Dialects: B kaŋiaq* 4, Nu kaʁʁaq 'upriver end of island'
Western Canadian Inupik: kaŋi 2, 4
WCI Dialects: Cor kaŋiaq* 5, 'part of sth. far the island', M kaŋijaq* 'running loop at the end of harpoon line'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: kaŋi 2, 3, kaŋilliq 5, kaŋivaq- 6, kaŋiqqut(i)- 'to pass to inland side of'
Greenlandic Inupik: kaŋi (kange*) 1, 'east; place where smaller part of sth. joins the larger part', kaŋiliq, kaŋiɫɫiq (ʁ) 5, kaŋiaʁ- 6, kaχχaqqut(i)- 'to go west of, to go round of promontory'
GRI Dialects: EG kaŋi 4, 1, NWG kaŋujaʁ- 6, EG kaŋiqqut(i)- 'to go to the east of, to pass inside of'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 157, 158
