Proto-Inupik: *pǝku-ɣ
Meaning: shoulders 1, nape of neck 2
Russian meaning: плечи 1, задняя часть шеи 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq pɨkútaq 'breastbone'
North Alaskan Inupik: pikuk 2 'long vertebra under neck', 1 'wolf fur from below shoulders, area across shoulders', pikusuk 1 'big bone at shoulder, depression between shoulder blades', 2 'hump behind moose's head'
Western Canadian Inupik: pikuk 1 'bone between shoulder blades', 2 'hump of hunchback'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: pikuq 2, 'hump on back', pikkuluk 'hunchback'
Greenlandic Inupik: pikusuk, pukusuk 2
GRI Dialects: NG piku(huk) 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 256
