Proto-Inupik: *paja-(ŋa-), *pajjaɣ-
Meaning: weak 1, unsteady, loose-fitting 2, to starve to death 3
Russian meaning: слабый 1, расслабленный, слабоприкрепленный 2, умирать от голода 3
North Alaskan Inupik: pajaŋa- 1, paja- 'to be unable to manage, defeat or lift sth.', pajjaksaq- 'to have difficulty overcoming, not to be strong enough for sth.'
NAI Dialects: Qaw pajaŋa- 2
Western Canadian Inupik: pajaŋa- 1, 'fragile, easy to make fal over'
WCI Dialects: Sig paja- 3
Greenlandic Inupik: passaɣ- 'not to be shure in kayak, to tend to capsize'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 253
