Proto-Inupik: *qän(n)ịГ
Meaning: falling snow 1, snowflake 2, to snow 3
Russian meaning: падающий снег 1, хлопья снега 2, падать (о снеге) 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qanniq 2, qanniʁ- 3
SPI Dialects: Imaq qanípaq magn. 1, qanɨʁnɨq 1, qanítkaq 'slight snowfall; пороша', W qänik* 1
North Alaskan Inupik: qannik 2, qannik- 3
NAI Dialects: B qänik* 1, Qaw qannik 2, qanik- 3
WCI Dialects: Cor, M qänik* 1, Cop qanniq 1, qanniq- 3, Sig qanik 1, qanik- 3, Car Baker Lake qanniʁniq 'snow impeding sight' [Dor.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qannik 1, 2, qanik 1
ECI Dialects: Lab qannik, qanniq 1, qannik- 3, NBI, SB qanniq- 3
Greenlandic Inupik: qanik (qanik*) 2, qanīt pl. 'snow in air', qanniʁ- 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 284
