Proto-Inupik: *qa(ʁ)u-, *qạụ-ma- (-lluʁ-)
Meaning: to dawn 1, to become day 2, dawn 3, to be daylight, to bright 4, light 5
Russian meaning: быть заре 1, светать 2, рассвет, заря 3, светлый, яркий 4, свет 5
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qau- 1, qauma- 4, qauman 5
SPI Dialects: Imaq qaumaq 5, W qamaʁiktoq* 3
North Alaskan Inupik: qa[ɣ]u- 1, qaɣɣuvik 3, qaunɨq (ʁ) 'shade of colour', qaumanɨq (ʁ) 'beam of light', qaummak- 'to become daylight', qaummaq (ʁ) 'daylight, light from source', qaumman 5, qaulluq 'crystal'
NAI Dialects: B qaumaq* 'daylight', Ingl qauma* 'daylight'
Western Canadian Inupik: qau- 2, qauma- 4
WCI Dialects: Cor, M qaumaq* 'daylight', EP qau- 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qau- 2, qauk 3, qauppat 'tomorrow', qaummat 'the following day', ~ qaʁʁujaq 'dying person who sees the light of day one more time', qauma- 4, qaumma(q)- 'to brighten'
ECI Dialects: NBI, SB qaumat* 'moon', qaumatē* 'sun' (shaman's words) [Boas], Aiv, NBI qaulluq- 'to be white'
Greenlandic Inupik: qā- 2, qāk (qauk*) 'daylight', qaχχut(i)- 'day breaks before one does sth.', qāma- (qāmmaʁ- init.) 4, qāmmat 'moon, month', qauɫɫuʁ- 'to shine'
GRI Dialects: EG qāmavaq 'sun' [Holm.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 289
