Proto-Yupik: *lavǝ-(ɣ-)
Meaning: to break, to become broken, to perish
Russian Meaning: ломать(ся), портить(ся)
Chaplino: nāvaquq (nāvǝɫǝq dvn.), nāfqaqā, nāvnǝq 'hole, ruins'
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: nawǝɣ-, nauɣ-, nauxtǝ-
Central Alaskan Yupik: navǝɣ-, navɣuʁ- mult. 'to break into peaces'
Egegik (Peripheral): lavǝɣ-
Nunivak (Peripheral): naftǝ- 'to collapse'
Norton Sound (Peripheral): ~ nafcaq 'snow hanging over a cliff ready to fall'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 221
