Proto-Inupik: *cän(i)ɣ, *canI-ʁ-
Meaning: dust 1, to sweep 2
Russian meaning: пыль, прах 1, подметать 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: saniq- 'to clean (house)'
SPI Dialects: W sönik* (nīk, nnit) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: sanɨk 'speck of dust, caribou hair on clothing or floor', sanɣu- 'to be dusty, full of animal hair'
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl sänik* 1, Qaw saniq- 2
Western Canadian Inupik: sanik (sannit, sanŋit pl.) 1, saniq- 2
WCI Dialects: M sänik* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: sanik (sanīt pl.) 'dust, dirt, twigs in picked fruit', saniku 'garbage', saniq- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: sanik (saŋŋit, sannit pl.), sanik* 1, saniʁ- 2
GRI Dialects: EG canī- 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 67, 68
