Proto-Inupik: *piʁla-ʁ-
Meaning: to braid, to plait 1, spider 2
Russian meaning: плести, заплетать 1, паук 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: piʁlaq- 1, piʁlāq 'sth. braided (sinew, yarn, hair)'
SPI Dialects: Imaq píʁlaqtoq 1, píʁlaq 'braided hair'
North Alaskan Inupik: piĺʁaq- 1, piĺʁaijūʁaq 2, piĺʁa[ʁ]aq 'braided sinew'
NAI Dialects: Qaw pilʁaq- 1, pilʁaq 'braided hair, yarn'
Western Canadian Inupik: pilʁaq- 1, pilʁaisuqtuq 2, pilʁaqtat pl. 'braids'
WCI Dialects: Car pe(r)lrarnerut* pl. 'hair braid of caribou skin' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: piʁʁai- 1, piʁʁāq 'plait of hair', whale lingament', thread'
ECI Dialects: Igl piliʁa 'line (platted) of sinew' [Parry]
Greenlandic Inupik: piʁɫaʁ- 'to twist', piʁɫā- 1 (hair), piʁɫaʁniq (ʁ) 'plait of hair', piʁɫāq 'twisted sinew thread', piʁɫājaq 'braid'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 263, 264
