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This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Japonic
Etymology
Cognate with *kusa- (“stinky”).[1]
Noun
*kuso
- excrement; feces; dung
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 糞, 屎 (kuso₁)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *kuso
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 糞, 屎 (ssu)
- Kunigami: 糞, 屎 (khusū /kʱùsǔː/)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 糞, 屎 (kusu)
- Okinawan: 糞, 屎 (kusu /kùsù/)
- Okinoerabu: 糞, 屎 (kusū /kùsǔː/)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 糞, 屎 (xsu /kʰsǔˑ/)
- Tokunoshima: 糞, 屎 (kushu /kù̥ɕú/)
- Yoron: 糞, 屎 (kusu /kùsú/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 糞, 屎 (fusu)
- Yaeyama: 糞, 屎 (fushu /ɸù̥ɕú/)
- Yonaguni: 糞, 屎 (tsū /tsùː/)
References