Proto-Inupik: *cäpǝ̈ʁ-na-ʁ-
Meaning: strong 1, difficult 2, formidable 3
Russian meaning: сильный 1, трудный 2, ужасный 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: saviʁnaq- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq savíʁnatoq 1
North Alaskan Inupik: sapɨʁnaq- 3, 'to seem impossible'
NAI Dialects: B säpẹqtoq* 2, PH sapɨʁnaq- 1, Qaw sapiʁnaq- 'talented, difficult'
Western Canadian Inupik: sapiʁnaq- 2
WCI Dialects: Cor häpẹʁnaqtoq* 2, M säpẹʁnaqtoq* 2
Greenlandic Inupik: sapiʁnaʁ- (sapernarpoq*) 2, [Jen.] saperpoq* 2
GRI Dialects: NWG sapiʁnaʁ- 'great'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 70
