Proto-Inupik: *qỊcụɣ
Meaning: to be dark cloud over open water
Russian meaning: темные облака над водой
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qizuk
SPI Dialects: W qizuk* (ūk, uit)
North Alaskan Inupik: qisuk
NAI Dialects: B qicuk*
Western Canadian Inupik: qisuk
Eastern Canadian Inupik: qisuk 'vapor given off by sea during intense cold'
Greenlandic Inupik: qisuk (qisuk*) 'darkness in sky which shows open water'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 310
