Proto-Yenisseian: *k[uʔu]s ( ~ g-)
Meaning: idol, ghost
Ket: uĺguś5 "water spirit", qajguś5, ĺɨt-ɨś "wood spirit"; South. śɛnbereŋ5 ku:ś "a shaman's pendant looking like an iron doll"
Yug: ku:s, pl. kūsin1; ejskūs1 "icon"; urgus5 "water spirit"; xajgus5 "wood spirit"
Kottish: ul-iś, pl. uliśin "Wasserkobold"; *uliśe, uliśi
Pumpokol: lɨcɨ (Срсл.) "devil" ( = Ket. ĺɨtɨś < *ŕɨʔǯ-k[uʔu]s)
Comments: ССЕ 240. Werner 1, 458 <*kugǝs / *koʔǝs>: regards the word as "offensichtlich eine sehr alte Entlehnung in den Jenissej-Sprachen", but the source is not clear. Kott. koaš 'beautiful' has probably nothing to do with the above words, being an obvious late borrowing from Oyr. quas etc. (itself regarded as an Iranian loanword, see VEWT 295).
