Proto-Inupik: *nǝ̊kụv-, *j- (-ʁa-, -raʁ-)
Meaning: to stand (up) 1, to stand on tiptoe 2
Russian meaning: стоять, вставать 1, стоять на цыпочках 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuɣuvit-, nuɣupit- 1, juɣuvluɣitāq- 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq nuɣúvɨnɨq 'the act of standing up', W nüɣuvittoq* 1, KI jɨfkɨraʁ- 'to jump up from kneeling position' [Jen.]
NAI Dialects: B nikuvaun* 'sth. standing', Qaw nikivit- 1, nikivrāq- 2
Western Canadian Inupik: nikuvjā̆q- 2
WCI Dialects: M nikuvittoq* 1, Sig nikuvit- 1, Car? nikuvraqtuq- 2 [Schn.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nikuvik- 1, nikujjā(q)- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: nikuit- (nikuípoq*) 1, nikuʁfa- 'to be upright'
GRI Dialects: EG niɣiqqa- 'to be upright', SWG nikuššāʁ- 2, NWG nikuχχāʁtuʁ- 2
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