өксь

• IPA^(key): [oˑks˧], [oˑks˧˥]^[1]

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *xʷag (“tree, timber”), reflecting its singulative form, *xʷag-ç, while the standalone noun became pluralized. Perhaps distantly cognate with Navajo chizh (“wood, firewood, kindling”), see the Proto-Yeniseian page for more.

• 18^th century Ket: uks̴, uoks̴ (Castrén); ókse (Müller, Pallas); óhschke, oške (Messerschmidt)
• 19^th century Ket: ókse (Klaproth), oks' (Adelung)

өксь (ōksʲ) m or n (plural аʼӄ (aˀq))

1. (botany) m tree
   • c. 1976, T. I. Toporov, Сказки Народов Сибирского Севера page 5:

     Эдь өксьда дивесь ӄауяӄ.

     Ɛ̀ɾʲ ōˑksʲda divɛsʲ t-qaujaq.

     The sable dived under the tree stump.

2. (carpentry) n wood; worked- or unworked wood
3. (woodworking) n firewood, kindling, timber
   • c. 1999, H. K. Werner, Песнь о моём брате page 206:

     Ӄа бокдотдит хай бэʼк аʼӄ нада.

     Qāˑ bɔkdɔtdit hāˑj bɛˀk aˀq naɾa.

     A home with a hearth needs firewood.

4. (woodworking) n stick
   • c. 1972, T. I. Toporov, Сказки Народов Сибирского Севера page 127:

     Ат комна донул өксьдиӈаль, доньдиӈт ат донулильбет.

     Āˑt t-kɔmna dɔnul ōˑksʲdiŋalʲ, dɔnʲdiŋt āˑt t-dɔnulilʲbɛt.

     I cut off a handle from a stick and made myself a knife handle.

Trees that are not cut, still in place and alive are considered masculine nouns; while trees cut for timber or trees that fell due to any extraneous circumstances are considered neuter nouns. It is possible for the same tree to be referred as both a masculine and a neuter noun, depending on its animacy.

• Yeniseian entry guidelines § Historical bibliography

• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), “ōks”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 271-272
• Werner, Heinrich (2002), “оксь”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎^[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 73
• Werner, Heinrich (2002), “¹o·ks'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 50
• Werner, Heinrich (2005), “tree”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 330