Proto-Inupik: *pal[u]-(ʁ-)
Meaning: to starve 1, skinny 2, depressed, in bad condition 3
Russian meaning: голодать 1, тощий, худой 2, угнетенный, в плохом состоянии 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: palu- 2
SPI Dialects: W paliq- 1 [Jen.]
North Alaskan Inupik: palu- 3
NAI Dialects: Qaw pālak- 1, Nu paluq- 'having nothing more (to eat)'
WCI Dialects: ??? Cop paliq- 'to waste away' [Jen.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 248, 249
