Proto-Inupik: *nuil(a)-
Meaning: collar 1, neck openig, head hole 2, ruff, fur around head opening 3
Russian meaning: воротник 1, отверстие для шеи 2, оторочка головного отверстия 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuilak 3, nuilā̆ʁun 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq nuilaq 1, 2, KI nuijāq 2
North Alaskan Inupik: nuiĺak 2
WCI Dialects: Sig nuilaq 1 (in dog harness), nuilaʁun 'dog collar', Car nuilʁāq 2 (in frock) [B.-S.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nuilaq 3
Greenlandic Inupik: nuilaq 2, nuilaʁmiut 'bead collar'
GRI Dialects: NG nuilaq 2, 'neck opening in dog harness' [Holt.], Up nuilaqqitit 'bead collar'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 224
