Proto-Inupik: *pǝ̊ʁǝt-, *pǝʁ-nǝʁ
Meaning: to bend sth. 1, bend, curve 2
Russian meaning: сгибать, гнуть 1, изгиб 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: piʁit- 1, piqtaq 'bentwood bucket'
SPI Dialects: Imaq pɨʁɨ́taɣa 1, pɨ́ɣnɨq 2, pɨʁɨ́ 'turning thimble of harpoon', W püqtaq* (āk, ąt) 'wooden dish'
North Alaskan Inupik: piʁɨt- 1, piʁtɨq- 'to bend (wood)'
NAI Dialects: B piq* 'dish'
Western Canadian Inupik: piʁit- 1, piʁniq 2 (of front of sled)
WCI Dialects: M piqtaq* 'wooden dish'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: piʁit- 1
Greenlandic Inupik: piʁtiʁ- 'to fold several times', piʁniʁ- 'to fold together', [piqit- 'to bend up, to curve']
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 256
