Proto-Yupik: *pu[tr]u-, *putŋa- ~ *purŋa-
Meaning: to bend forward 1, to wiggle 2
Russian Meaning: наклониться вперед 1, извиваться 2
Sirenik: //putŋ_uʁ- 1 [Orr], puturaχ 'Eskimo dance' [Orr]
Chaplino: putūʁaquq 'to dance without song wiggling with hands and body', putúkāq (ʁǝt) 'sleeping walrus (with the head down in water so just its back to be seen)'
Naukan: //puturaʁun 'woman's free-style dance' [Av.]
Chugach (AAY): putu- 'to look sad' < 'to bow head', ~ puttǝ- 'to carve, to fashion' ?
Central Alaskan Yupik: puttǝ- 1, puzŋa- 'to be bent forward'
Egegik (Peripheral): Y putu- 'woman's welcome dance'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 269
