Proto-Yupik: *kuja-
Meaning: vertebra 1, backbone, spine 2, keel 3
Russian Meaning: позвонок 1, позвоночник 2, киль 3
Sirenik: kujánaχ 1, kujǝx 3
Chaplino: kujápǝk 1, kuják (ɣǝt) 2, 3
Naukan: kujápǝɣák 1, kujaq 3
Central Alaskan Yupik: kujapǝɣaq 2, kuja(k) 3
Nunivak (Peripheral): kujaʁpikka* 3sg. 'back between the shoulders'
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