Proto-Inupik: *pakiɣ-, *pakraɣ-
Meaning: to scratch 1, to dig with hands, claws 2
Russian meaning: царапать 1, копать руками, когтями 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: paɣik- 1, pakši- 'to hold on by fingers'
SPI Dialects: Imaq paɣik- 1, 'to comb'
North Alaskan Inupik: pakik-, pakšak- 2, pakkiq (ʁ) 'hole, place dug out'
NAI Dialects: PH paɣraq- 2
Western Canadian Inupik: pakik- refl. 1, pakkaq- 'to make a hole through', pakkaq 'hole'
WCI Dialects: ? pakik- 'to perform sexual intercourse'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 247
