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Southern Altai
Etymology
From ӧк (ök) + -сӱс (-süs), from Proto-Turkic *ȫgsiŕ (“orphan, motherless child”). Compare to Turkish öksüz, Kumyk оьксюз (öksüz), etc.
Noun
ӧксӱс • (öksüs)
- orphan
Synonyms
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӧксӱс”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
“ӧксӱс”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN