Proto-Yupik: *puɣ(ǝ)ta-
Meaning: to be afloat 1, buoy, float 2, lung 3
Russian Meaning: плавать, быть на плаву 1, поплавок 2, легкое 3
Sirenik: //puxtaχ 2 [Em.]
Chaplino: puxtáʁwāʁaquq (pūxtaʁwālǝq (χǝt) dvn.) 'to stay surfaced (whale)'
Naukan: púxtǝʁaāquq 'to surface', //puxta- 1 [Em.], puxtaq 2 [Av.]
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: puxta- 1
Koniag (AAY): AP puxtatǝq 3
Central Alaskan Yupik: puxta- 1, puxtaun 2, 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 267
