Proto-Inupik: *ạva-nt, *ava-lli-
Meaning: surrounding area 1, outermost, furthest to one side 2
Russian meaning: место вокруг 1, самый дальний, далекий 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: awan 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq awátɨ 1, awáʁɨɣa 'to separate, to sunder', awáwraqtoq 'to move away of'
North Alaskan Inupik: avan, avatɨ 1, avat- 'to surround', avalliq (ʁ) 2
NAI Dialects: B avatā* 3sg. 1
Western Canadian Inupik: avat(i) 1, avalliq 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M avatā* 3sg. 1, Cop avalak- 'to veer to one side'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: avat(i) 1
Greenlandic Inupik: avat(i) (avat*) 1, 'off from land', avalaɣ- 'to move out, to set off', avannaq 'North wind', avaɫɫiq (ʁ) 2 , avaliq 'that which lies ouside (land)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 54
