Proto-Inupik: *ali-(va-)
Meaning: to be far 1, to retreat a little 2
Russian meaning: быть далеким 1, отступать, удаляться 2
Western Canadian Inupik: ali(sik)- 1, alivani 'in the distance'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: alivaq- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: ali- 'to move away, to distance oneself', alikkaʁ- 'to have moved away a bit', alimasiɣ- 'to be some distance away'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 17
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-wci,inupet-eci,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,