Proto-Inupik: *qỊmị̈-ʁ- (-luɣ, -unt)
Meaning: spine, backbone
Russian meaning: позвоночник
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qimiʁluk
SPI Dialects: W qimiʁɣʎuk*, KI qimẹʁʎuk*
North Alaskan Inupik: qimiʁĺuk
NAI Dialects: B qimiʁautaq*
WCI Dialects: Cor qimiʎʎuaq*, Sig qimiʁluk 'human back' [Pet.], qimiʁutit 'pole for hanging fish to dry on', Car? qimmiʁut 'wooden pole supporting roof, keel of boat' [Schn.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qimiʁluk 'dorsal spine, spinal column'
Greenlandic Inupik: qimiʁɫuk, qimiʁɫuq (qimerdloq*) sg. 'vertebra', pl. 'back, spine'
GRI Dialects: NG qimiʁut 'tent ridge pole'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 297
