Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔus- (~x-)
Meaning: away, asunder
Ket: uśkij6 (Кастр.: duoske-ābʁas); uś-nij 'to rip off, undo', uś-tɔn 'to tear off'
Kottish: ūša 'away, further'; ušfauk, ušpauk "opening"; ušfōttaŋ, ušpōttaŋ "to open", praet. ušfoāttaŋ, ušpoāttaŋ, imp. ušfe, ušpe
Comments: ССЕ 201. Werner 2, 364, 366-367, 376 (without reconstruction and not connecting the Ket and Kott. forms). On the relationship with Ket. uśka 'back' see under *suga.
