Proto-Inupik: *käpǝ-, *kapp-unt ~ *käpų-unt
Meaning: to stab, to stick into 1, spear 2, needle 3
Russian meaning: втыкать, колоть 1, копье 2, иголка 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: kavi- 1, kappun 3, kavutaq 'awl'
SPI Dialects: Imaq kavútaq 'awl', W kävoʁwa* 1, (kẹpiɣa* 1 < NAI), cf. kąviaq* 'fish-spear'
North Alaskan Inupik: kapɨ-, kapputɨ- 1, kappun 2, 3
NAI Dialects: B käpiɣa*, käpoqta* 1, Ingl käpiɣa* 1
Western Canadian Inupik: kapi-, kapputi- 1, kappun 2
WCI Dialects: Cor käpiva*, käpotta* 1, M käpiɣa*, käpotta* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: kapi-, kapput(i)- 1, kapūt 2
Greenlandic Inupik: kapi- (kapivâ*), kapput(i)- 1, kapūt 2, 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 158, 159
