Proto-Inupik: *nujuɣ- (-aʁ-)
Meaning: wary, timid 1, wild 2
Russian meaning: осторожный, робкий 1, дикий 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq nujáqɫu(ni) adv. 1, nujáqsuîtoq neg. 'brave', KI nujatu- 2, nujaq- 'to sense danger'
North Alaskan Inupik: nujuaʁɨ-, nujuaqtu- 1
NAI Dialects: Qaw nujuaq(tu)- 1, PH nujuɣaq- 'to stalk'
Western Canadian Inupik: nujuaqtuq 'wild animal that flees'
WCI Dialects: Sig nujuaqtujuq superl. 2 [Lowe, Met.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nujuaq- 2, 'shy'
Greenlandic Inupik: nujuɣ- 'to move to another place (animal)', nujuaʁ- 'to be shy (animal)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 244
