cuzo

Unknown. Probably onomatopoeic, from cuz cuz, voice for calling a dog, but compare Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”). Cognate with Asturian cusu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuθʊ]

cuzo m (plural cuzos)

1. dog

   Synonyms: cadelo, can

• cuza (“she-dog”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuzo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuzo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN