oksa

See also: öksa and øksa

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oksa, from Proto-Finno-Permic *oksa. Related to Northern Sami oaksi, Eastern Mari укш (ukš).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoksɑ/, [ˈo̞ks̠ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oksɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ok‧sa

Noun

oksa

  1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
  2. bough (firm branch)
  3. knot (a whorl left in lumber)

Declension
Inflection of oksa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative oksa oksat
genitive oksan oksien
partitive oksaa oksia
illative oksaan oksiin
singular plural
nominative oksa oksat
accusative nom. oksa oksat
gen. oksan
genitive oksan oksien
oksainrare
partitive oksaa oksia
inessive oksassa oksissa
elative oksasta oksista
illative oksaan oksiin
adessive oksalla oksilla
ablative oksalta oksilta
allative oksalle oksille
essive oksana oksina
translative oksaksi oksiksi
instructive — oksin
abessive oksatta oksitta
comitative — oksineen
Possessive forms of oksa (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person oksani oksamme
2nd person oksasi oksanne
3rd person oksansa

Derived terms
Derived terms

Anagrams

Ingrian
Oksia.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oksa. Cognates include Finnish oksa and Estonian oks.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈoksɑ/, [ˈo̞ks̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈoksɑ/, [ˈo̞kʃɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oksɑ
  • Hyphenation: ok‧sa

Noun

oksa

  1. branch
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:
      Närrii haavan oksia, niin i pääsöö kessää.
      It gnaws on the branches of an aspen, and so it reaches summer.

Declension
Declension of oksa (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative oksa oksat
genitive oksan oksiin
partitive oksaa oksia
illative oksaa oksii
inessive oksaas oksiis
elative oksast oksist
allative oksalle oksille
adessive oksaal oksiil
ablative oksalt oksilt
translative oksaks oksiks
essive oksanna, oksaan oksinna, oksiin
exessive1) oksant oksint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 361

Livonian

Alternative forms
  • (Courland) oksā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oksa.

Noun

oksa

  1. branch
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