Proto-Inupik: *pukta-
Meaning: to float 1, iceberg 2
Russian meaning: плыть, быть на плаву 1, айсберг 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: pukta- 1, puktāq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq puktāroq 'sth. floating', puktāûn 'bobber, float'
North Alaskan Inupik: pukta- 'to be afloat', puktaq- 'to float to surface', puktāq 2
NAI Dialects: Mal pupta- 'to be afloat'
Western Canadian Inupik: pukta- 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: putta- 1, puttāq 'autumn floating ice, broken shore ice in summer'
ECI Dialects: Iti puttāq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: putta- 1, puttāq 'ice floe'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 267
