Proto-Inupik: *qạcų-
Meaning: to become loose, slack 1, to unwind, to slacken 2, to become calm 3
Russian meaning: расслабиться, стать дряблым 1, размотать, ослабить 2, стать спокойным 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qazu- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq qasúratoq 1, qazúratoq 3, 1, W kassautoq*, KI katsautoq* 'calm, tranquil'
North Alaskan Inupik: qasu- 1, 'to be unwound', qasuq- 'to stop, quit', qasuaq- 3 (wind)
NAI Dialects: Qaw qasu- 1
Western Canadian Inupik: qasu- 1, qasut- 2, qasuŋa- 'to drop (wind)', 1
WCI Dialects: Cop qasu- 'to fall (wind)' [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qasu- 2
ECI Dialects: Iti qatsu(C)- 3 (weather)
Greenlandic Inupik: qasu- 'to be tired, exausted', qasut- 2, qasuiʁ- 'to have rested', qatsuʁ- (katsorpoq* [Jen.]) 3, qatsuŋa- 3 (wind, weather)
GRI Dialects: NG qahut- 'to grow still (wind)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 273
