Proto-Inupik: *nuŋu-, *nuira- (<*nuŋru-, *nuŋǝrra-)
Meaning: moon (not full)
Russian meaning: луна (неполная)
North Alaskan Inupik: nuŋu- 'to be old/ new moon'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuisajuq 'waxing crescent moon in first decade'
Greenlandic Inupik: nuŋu- 'to be new moon'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-nai,inupet-eci,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,