Proto-Yupik: *ńuvǝ- (-it-)
Meaning: to pass through, to bead 1, to thread 2, threading device 3
Russian Meaning: нанизывать на 1, продевать, вдевать (нитку) 2
Sirenik: juvítǝqǝ̄́χtǝʁá, juvítǝʁá, //juvǝ- 2
Chaplino: nūvaqā 1, nūvitaqā 2, núfik (ɣǝt) 'needle eye' < "nuv-vik, núvun (tǝt) 'specially twisted point of rope or thread to pass through easily'
Naukan: nuváquq 1, 2
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: nuvǝ- 2
Central Alaskan Yupik: nuvǝ- 2, nuvun 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 243
