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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’