Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuso

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kuso (“feces, dung, arse, shit”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: B

Noun

*kuso

  1. feces, dung, arse, shit

Descendants

  • 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/)
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