Proto-Inupik: *ị̊knǝ̣-ʁ, *ikn-a-
Meaning: fire 1, to strike fire 2, flintstone 3
Russian meaning: огонь 1, высекать огонь 2, кремень 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ikniq 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq ɨʔnɨ́q 1, 'candle', ɨʔnɨ́vaq 'flame', W üɣ'niq* (nāk, niʁit)
North Alaskan Inupik: iɣnɨq (ʁ) 1, iɣniń 3
NAI Dialects: B iɣniq* 1, Ingl iɣniq* 1, i'nin* 'match', Qaw itniq 1, Mal iknɨq (ʁ) 1, ikniń 3
Western Canadian Inupik: iɣniq 1, iŋnak- 2, iŋnait pl. 3
WCI Dialects: Cor iŋniq*, M iɣniq*, iŋniq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: inniq 'fire struck with stone, spark from lighter', inna(k)- 2, innaq 3
Greenlandic Inupik: inniq (ʁ) (ingneq*) 1, innaɣ- 2
GRI Dialects: NG iŋnaut 'fire-drill, lighter'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 101
