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àxt.

to make pine trees

Etymology

reanalysis of
  ModLem uxtxoà., gender change of
NLem uxtsoux‑a ‘pine’
Besk uxtsåux /h‑/
PCelt *φuxtāk‑ā
PIE *péu̯k̑‑eh₂

This is one of many Beskidic tree names introduced in the Tlöngö̀l. The gender change in ModLem to a ‘female’ (zero) poststem is almost universal in trees; but this word was subsequently reanalysed as uxt-xoÌ. àxt xoàu. based on the myth that pine trees grew from landslides.

Cognates

Gk πεύκη ‘pine’, Lit pušìs ‘pine’