Proto-Yupik: *pŭk(v)i-Г- (-t-)
Meaning: to handle things 1, to squash, squeeze with fingernails 2
Russian Meaning: перебирать вещи 1, раздавливать ногтями 2
Sirenik: //pǝkfǝʁ- 'to dig up, to expose, to unfold', [pukfiɣ- 'to dig in ground (animal)' [Em.] < Chap]
Chaplino: pukfíɣaquq 1, pǝkfíɣaquq 1
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: pukitǝ- 2
Central Alaskan Yupik: pukitǝ- 'to pick and eat little things, to pick lice and squash with teeth'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 254, 267
