Proto-Inupik: *qani-ta-
Meaning: porch of house 1, storage shed 2
Russian meaning: вход в жилье 1, сарай, амбар 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qanitaq 'arctic entry, unheated storage porch'
SPI Dialects: Imaq qanítaq 'dump, midden', qaníniq 'burial'
North Alaskan Inupik: qanitcaq, qanitcat pl. 2, 1
NAI Dialects: Mal qanisaq 2, 1
WCI Dialects: Sig qanittat pl. 1
Greenlandic Inupik: qanisaq 'entering wall (in front of entrance to house or tent'
GRI Dialects: NG qanitsat pl. [Holt.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 284
