Proto-Inupik: *paqna-(ɣ-)
Meaning: to get ready (to start, go) 1, ammunition 2
Russian meaning: быть готовым (начать) 1, запас, обеспечение 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: paqnak- 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq paʔqnāqtoq 1, paʔqnāʁɨɣa 'to prepare', paʔqnáûn 2
North Alaskan Inupik: paʁna- 1, paʁnan 2
NAI Dialects: Mal paqna- 1, Nu paqnatit pl. 2
Western Canadian Inupik: paʁnak 'reserve, store of food'
WCI Dialects: paʁnak- 1 [Ras.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: paʁna(k)- 1, paʁnasima- 'to be ready'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 250
