くそ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Likely from koso.

Suffix

くそ (romaji -kuso)

1. a suffix attached to a persons name
   • 947-957: Yamato Monogatari (#138)

     こやくしくそといひける人、ある人をよばひてをこせたりける、

   • c. 1001–1014: Genji Monogatari (Tenarai)

     「いで、主殿のくそ。あづま、取りて」

Etymology 2

From the suffix kuso. With the omission of the name, becomes a general second person personal pronoun.

Pronoun

くそ (romaji kuso)

1. second person personal pronoun; you
   • c. 959-965: Heichū Monogatari (chapter 17)

     かゝりけるに、くそたち、來けり。「わがもとに來るなめり」と、この男は、見立てりけるに [...]

   • 970-999: Utsubo Monogatari (Fujiwara no Kimi)

     「いで、有るまじきコといふくソたちかな。」

   • 970-999: Utsubo Monogatari (Fujiwara no Kimi)

     「おもしろき事の給フくそたちかな。ただかうなり、この事は。京くそたちのし給はんことは[...]」

   • c. late 10th century, Ochikubo Monogatari (volume 4)

     たゞひそみにひそみ給ひて、「何事もくそも人も、此殿おはせん限りは、えやすくすまじかめり。[...]」

   • c. 1001–1014: Genji Monogatari (Tenarai)

     「いで。その琴、彈き給へ。横笛は、月には、いと、をかしき物ぞかし。いづら。くそたち。琴、取りて參れ」

Etymology 3

Noun

くそ (kanji 糞, romaji kuso)

1. (vulgar) feces
2. (vulgar) an exclamative; shit

References

• 1964 May 19, Yoshimoto Endō; Satoshi Matsuo, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 77: Takamura Monogatari, Heichū Monogatari, Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0077-X:
• 1959 May 19 [c. 970-999], Tama Kōno, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-000-60010-9:
• 1957 May 19, Satoshi Matsuo; Naohiko Teramoto, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 13: Ochikubo Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0013-3:
• 1957 May 19, Atsuyoshi Sakakura; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Gen'e Imai, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0009-5:
• 1963 May 19, Tokuhei Yamagishi, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 18: Genji Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0018-4: