Proto-Inupik: *pǝtu
Meaning: lamp stand, sticks for lamp
Russian meaning: подставка для лампы
Seward Peninsula Inupik: pitu 'sticks supporting lamp' [Jen.]
WCI Dialects: Net pituɣSat 'two sticks under lamp' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: pituaq 'V-shaped sticks stuck in snow as lamp stand'
Greenlandic Inupik: pitu
GRI Dialects: NG pituk 'the two front legs of the 3-legged lamp stand'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 257, 258
