Proto-Inupik: *pakV-
Meaning: to support with hand and pull oneself up 1, to compete at arm-pulling 2, to pull the trigger 3
Russian meaning: опираться руками и подтягиваться 1, соревноваться по борьбе на руках 2, нажать на крючок 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: pakši- 3
North Alaskan Inupik: pakińɨk- 1, pakik- 3
NAI Dialects: Qaw pakik- 3
Western Canadian Inupik: pakinak- 1, pakinik- 3
WCI Dialects: Car Baker Lake pakki 'finger twisted back' [Schn.], pakkiɣɣumiut(i)- 2 'wrist-wrestle' [Schn.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: pakaɣɣumiut(i)- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: pakassit-, pakassiumiɣ- 2, pakkut 'prop for kayak support straps'
GRI Dialects: NG pakinik- 'to put forepaws on (edge of ice, of polar bear)', WG paki/aniɣ- 'to lie with end across the weight down', NG pakaxxaŋmik- 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 247
