Proto-Inupik: *nųqrạ-ʁ-
Meaning: bow-string 1, throwing board 2, to tighten, to contract muscles 3
Russian meaning: тетива 1, бросалка для копья 2, напрягать, сжимать мышцы 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuʁaqti 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq nuʁáqtɨ 1, W noqsʁaq* 2
North Alaskan Inupik: nuqaqtɨ 1, nuqaq- 'to be taut'
NAI Dialects: Ingl noqsaq* 2, Nu nuqšaq, Mal nuqšaq 2 [Ras.]
Western Canadian Inupik: nuqaqtaq 'violin string'
WCI Dialects: M noqcaq* 2, Sig nuqsaq 2, Car nuqsaq 2 [B.-S.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuqaqti 1, nuqaq- 3
ECI Dialects: Lab nuqsaq 2 [Peck], Igl nuqsaq 2 [B.-S.]
Greenlandic Inupik: nuqaʁti 1, nuʁšaq (norssaq*) 2, nuqaʁ- 3, 'to have an attack on cramp'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 242
