өксь

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *Hoksʌ (“tree”, singular).[1]

The plural form can be traced back to Proto-Yeniseian *Haq (“trees”, plural),[2] possibly related to or analogous to the singular root *oks-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹oks/, [oˑksʲ˧]

Noun

өксь (ōksʲ) m or n (plural аʼӄ)

  1. tree (m)
  2. wood; firewood, kindling, timber; stick (n)

Usage notes

  • The gender paradigm used determines the sense of the noun; 'tree' for masculine-class, and 'wood, stick' for neuter-class inflections and verb conjugations.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 321, 513
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 63-64, 513

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 50
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 271-272
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