oksa
‘branches’ · runosong lemma · Finnish noun
| English gloss | branches |
|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun |
| Language | Finnish |
| Total occurrences | 4,923 |
| By corpus | SKVR 2,985, JR 1,738, KR 200 poems, ERAB 0 |
The counts in this table cover all attested spellings of this lemma, not only the headword form; all are word occurrences, except the KR figure in the By corpus row, which counts poems.
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Attested wordforms
oksat, oksa, oksalla, oksan, oksilla, oksalta, oksal, oksassa, oxat, oksasta, oksiaa, oxa, oksalt, oksist, oxista, oxan, okkas, oksii, oksil, ohsa, okhaas, oksu, oxalla, okkon, okkoo, oksallani, oksasell, doksta, oksaisille, oksasista, oxaa, oxille, soarut, okkos, oksah, oksalen, oksana, oxill, öksy, oksahansa … and 279 more of 319 attested forms
In Estonian dictionaries
Definitions are shown in Estonian: the source dictionaries are Estonian-language works.
EMS
-oksa
Sources: EMS — Eesti murrete sõnaraamat, Eesti Keele Instituut
English senses in context
How the AI analysis rendered this lemma in English, as a share of the entry’s analyzed uses. The analysis groups a lemma with its variant and cognate spellings, so close cognates can share one profile.
| Sense | Share |
|---|---|
| branches | 49.4% |
| branch | 44.3% |
| branch's | 5.6% |
| onto | 1.4% |
| branches' | 0.4% |
| little | 0.1% |
| oksad | 0.1% |
| even | 0.0% |
| tip | 0.0% |
| twigs | 0.0% |
Example verses
- oxat ilmoille yleni (SKVR I1 35.) read in context
Branches rose to the heavens. - oksasta tulisen tammen (SKVR I1 47.) read in context
From fiery oak's branch, - oksilla kumien kuusem (SKVR I1 83 a).) read in context
On the splendid spruce's branches." - oksat ilmoilla olosi (SKVR I1 216.) read in context
Branches in the heavens, - oravina honkon oksat (SKVR I1 298.) read in context
As a squirrel on pine branches, - oksat on isot tammes (SKVR I1 337.) read in context
The branches are large on the oak. - oravia suuren oxan (SKVR I1 356.) read in context
[Amid] squirrels on the great branch. - oravia suuren oxan (SKVR I1 391.) read in context
Squirrels of the great branch
Companion words
Words that co-occur with this lemma inside the same verse line more often than chance predicts, ranked by log-likelihood (G²) over verse-level co-occurrence in SKVR, KR, JR and ERAB; only pairs seen at least 3 times.
| Word | Association (G²) | Co-occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| omena | 2,891 | 369 |
| koivu | 2,458 | 361 |
| tammi | 2,226 | 316 |
| honka | 2,102 | 264 |
| tasainen | 2,046 | 229 |
| orava | 2,018 | 278 |
| ojentaa | 1,632 | 183 |
| kataja | 1,092 | 145 |
Song types
Song types of the poems attesting this lemma, as catalogued per poem in the source corpora (ERAB type names are in Estonian, SKVR names in Finnish; JR and KR poems carry no song-type record).
| Song type | Poems |
|---|---|
| Kultapyörätammi | 173 |
| Iso tammi | 167 |
| Puun sanat | 75 |
| Ihmemaa | 70 |
| Kyllä Herra herättää | 63 |
| Laulan tähän taloon | 55 |
| Puun synty | 55 |
| Metsälle lähtiessä | 44 |
Collection places
Where the poems attesting this lemma were collected; each count is the number of attesting poems recorded at that place.
| Place | Poems |
|---|---|
| Narvusi | 161 |
| Soikkola | 96 |
| Vuokkiniemi | 83 |
| Suistamo | 71 |
| Vuole | 56 |
| Sakkola | 54 |
| Lempaala | 51 |
| Ilomantsi | 50 |
| Kontokki | 48 |
| Kaprio | 48 |
Attestation over time
Poems attesting this lemma by decade of collection or publication; undated poems are not shown.
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1700–1709 | 4 |
| 1750–1759 | 2 |
| 1780–1789 | 9 |
| 1800–1809 | 4 |
| 1810–1819 | 38 |
| 1820–1829 | 40 |
| 1830–1839 | 136 |
| 1840–1849 | 209 |
| 1850–1859 | 194 |
| 1860–1869 | 29 |
| 1870–1879 | 85 |
| 1880–1889 | 404 |
| 1890–1899 | 281 |
| 1900–1909 | 195 |
| 1910–1919 | 232 |
| 1920–1929 | 56 |
| 1930–1939 | 407 |
| 1940–1949 | 70 |
| 1950–1959 | 54 |
| 1960–1969 | 65 |
Collectors
The collectors who most often recorded poems attesting this lemma.
| Collector | Poems |
|---|---|
| Elias Lönnrot | 229 |
| Volmari Porkka | 135 |
| Kaarle Krohn | 104 |
| Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys | 90 |
| Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori | 85 |
Poems attesting this lemma (60 / 2,519)
- SKVR: SKVR I1 35., SKVR I1 47., SKVR I1 83 a)., SKVR I1 216., SKVR I1 298., SKVR I1 337., SKVR I1 356., SKVR I1 391., SKVR I1 473., SKVR I1 473 a)., SKVR I1 494., SKVR I1 569., SKVR I1 erill. [Kilpakosinta] 2., SKVR I1 erill. [Kilpakosinta] 3., SKVR I2 702 a)., SKVR I2 704., SKVR I2 709., SKVR I2 710., SKVR I2 712., SKVR I2 713., SKVR I2 716., SKVR I2 718., SKVR I2 724., SKVR I2 725., SKVR I2 726., SKVR I2 728., SKVR I2 728 a)., SKVR I2 741., SKVR I2 754., SKVR I2 757., SKVR I2 757 a)., SKVR I2 758., SKVR I2 767., SKVR I2 773., SKVR I2 774., SKVR I2 777., SKVR I2 781., SKVR I2 789 a)., SKVR I2 792., SKVR I2 839., SKVR I2 849., SKVR I2 855., SKVR I2 1014., SKVR I2 1062., SKVR I2 1109., SKVR I2 1113., SKVR I2 1120., SKVR I2 1220., SKVR I2 1224., SKVR I2 1225., SKVR I2 1227., SKVR I2 1228., SKVR I2 1231., SKVR I2 1232., SKVR I2 1233., SKVR I2 1234., SKVR I2 1238., SKVR I2 1239., SKVR I2 1240., SKVR I3 1315.
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About this profile
The counts and examples on this page come from the lemmatized text of four Finnic runosong corpora: SKVR, JR, KR and ERAB. English senses come from an AI analysis of the corpus; song types, collection places, collectors and dates follow each poem's own catalogue record.