Proto-Inupik: *nuvi-, *nuvvint
Meaning: to thread 1, line for stringing fish 2
Russian meaning: продевать, вдевать 1, леска для нанизывания рыбы 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nui- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq núirāɣa 1
North Alaskan Inupik: nuvi- 1, nuvviń 2
Western Canadian Inupik: nuvi- 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuvi- 1, nuvviti 2, 'long rope joining all dogs to sled'
Greenlandic Inupik: nui-, nuffit- 'to pass thread through eye of needle', nuffit 2
GRI Dialects: NG nui- 'to harness dog to sled', nuɣɣissaq- neg. 'to unharness', nuɣɣit 'foremost part of sled strap to which dogs are attached'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 243
