Proto-Inupik: *pǝqu-, *pǝqǝ-(ja-)
Meaning: to bend over 1, to be weighed down, to be bent over 2
Russian meaning: изгибать(ся) 1, прогибаться (от веса) 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq pɨʁɨ́taɣa tr., pɨʁɨ́tatoq 1
North Alaskan Inupik: piquaq- 1 'to bend body when diving (seal)', piqsaq- 'to bend the body while sounding (whale)'
Western Canadian Inupik: piquŋa- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: piqu- 'to bend up and then straighten out again', piqqut(i)- 1, piqimi- 'to pop up and go down again at once (seal)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 256
