Proto-Yupik: *ńǝvǝ-, *ńǝvtǝ-, *ńǝvǝ-(t)-ja- (*l-)
Meaning: to adhere, to glue 1, to stick to, to adhere 2, ropy, sticky 3
Russian Meaning: прилипать 1, прилепить, приклеить 2, липкий, клейкий 3
Sirenik: jǝvǝ́tǝʁá 1, jǝvátǝ̆tǝ̄́qǝχtǝ̄́ʁa, //jǝvaʁ- [Men.] 2, jǝvnǝ́ʁakíʁlǝʁǝ́χ, //jǝvnaɫǝʁǝχ [Em.] 3
Chaplino: nǝváqā (nǝvíɫǝq dvn.) 1, nǝvútaqā 2, nǝvnálʁi, nǝvǝ́jaʁnílŋuq 3
Naukan: nǝpǝ́tāquq 1, nǝpǝ́tāqā 2, nǝpǝ́salŋuq 3
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: nuɣǝ- 'to infect' 1, nǝptǝ- 2, nǝpcanaʁ- 3
Central Alaskan Yupik: nǝvǝ- 1 'to have things clinging', nǝp(ǝ)tǝ- 2, nǝpsanaχqǝ- 3, nǝvluk 'clinging debris, dirt'
Chevak (Peripheral): lǝvǝ- 'to have things clinging'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 232, 229
