Proto-Yupik: *úriɣ-(tǝ-) (-nǝʁ)
Meaning: to try, to taste 1, measure 2, to sample, to measure 3
Russian Meaning: пробовать 1, мера 2, выбирать по образцу, мерить 3
Sirenik: ucǝ̄́cicáxtǝqǝ̄́χtǝʁá 'примерять, to try to dress on', ucǝ́xcicáʁitá 2 'ruler, measure', //ucǝxsǝtaʁita 2 [Em.], ucǝxtǝ- 1 'to taste' [Orr]
Naukan: wíɣaqā, wíjɣāqā 1, ûíxtāqā 'to test, to try', wíxtaqā caus. 'to give sbd. to try'
Chugach (AAY): PWS wiɣnǝq 2 'one foot'
Koniag (AAY): Kod wiɣnǝq 2 'distance between outstretched thumb and index finger'
Central Alaskan Yupik: wīxtua- 1
Egegik (Peripheral): Y wīɣ- 1, 3
Nunivak (Peripheral): wīɣ- 1, 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 358, 359
