rīkste

apparently not just a suffix, but an independent word, perhaps related to rīkste (“switch, twig, flexible rod”); note that rīksna is dialectally attested

usually piederēties) to befit, to be appropriate piederēja ganiņam zaļa rīkste rociņā ― a green rod befitted the little shepherd conjugation of piederēt

plants) without leaves, without further growth (branches, twigs, bark) plika rīkste ― naked rod, stick pliki zari ― naked branches pliks stumbrs ― naked trunk

Lao: ຄ້ອນ (lo) (khǭn), ຕະບອງ (ta bǭng) Latin: baculum n, bastum n Latvian: rīkste (lv) f Lithuanian: lazda (lt) f Macedonian: стап m (stap), прачка f (pračka)

verga (it) f, bacchetta (it) f Japanese: 鞭 (ja) (muchi) Latin: virga Latvian: rīkste (lv) f Macedonian: прачка f (pračka), стап m (stap) Polish: kij (pl) m,