Proto-Inupik: *nǝvǝʁ-, *nǝvʁala-
Meaning: to lie on one's back 1, to fall backwards 2
Russian meaning: лежать на спине 1, упасть навзничь 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niʁvalaq- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq nɨʁválaʁātoq (nɨʁválaŋāmi ger.) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: nivɨq- 1, nivʁallaq- 'to land on one's back'
NAI Dialects: Qaw nivʁalaq- 1
Western Canadian Inupik: niviq- 2, nivʁala-, nivʁallaq- 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niviq- 2, niʁʁala- 'to sleep on back', niʁʁalaŋa- 1
Greenlandic Inupik: niviʁ- 2, niʁfala-, niʁfaɫɫaʁ- 1
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