Proto-Inupik: *nIʁlu-(ʁ-), *niulǝ-
Meaning: to break back near head 1, backbone of bird 2, first vertebra 3
Russian meaning: ломать позвоночник у шеи 1, позвоночник у птиц 2, первый шейный позвонок 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niʁluq- 'to break neck vertebra (of seal) and raise its head'
North Alaskan Inupik: niʁluq- 'to throw head back, to raise chin, to sever head at first vertebra'
Western Canadian Inupik: niuliq 3
WCI Dialects: Net niʁluqtit- 1 (fish)
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niuliq 3, niʁlu(C)- 'to raise head to listen, to cut across promentary', niʁluŋajuq 'animal on the alert'
Greenlandic Inupik: niʁɫuʁ-, niʁɫiʁ- 1, niʁɫut pl. 2, niuliq 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 231, 235
