Proto-Inupik: *qakru-ɣ- (-ŋ-)
Meaning: carrying strap or belt
Russian meaning: ремень для переноски
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qakšuaun 'belt for holdig baby on back'
SPI Dialects: Imaq qaqšúwāûn 'strap, belt'
North Alaskan Inupik: qakšuɣautaq, qakšun 'one or two white bands along wolverine's back', qakšukkak- 'to pull clothing up and tie with belt'
WCI Dialects: Sig qaksutaun 'door latch' [Pet.], Car qaʁzuaut 'parka string' [Ras.], Car? qaksuŋaut 'button on parka for attaching baby-carrying hood' [Schn.]
ECI Dialects: Lab qaksuŋaut 'carrying strap (for baby-carrying hood) on parka' [Bourq.], Igl qakiumautik du. 'straps used by women for carrying children' [Parry]
Greenlandic Inupik: qaššuāt (qagssuaut*) 'waistband for an amaut', qaššuaʁ- 'to tie up amaut for child to rest in'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 277
