Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative spellings

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

くす or クス (kusuくす (kusu)?

  1. Synonym of くすのき (kusu-no-ki)
Usage notes edit
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of くす – see the following entry.
3
[affix] a medicine or drug
(This term, くす, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くす.)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Northern Amami-Oshima edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

くす (kusu

  1. : feces, dung, shit
    くすまるり。
    Kusu maruri.
    I take a shit.
    (literally, “dung=excrete-CONCL”)
    くすぬつぃまて゚ぃ。
    Kusu nu cïmaθï.
    (please add an English translation of this example)
    (literally, “dung=GEN ?”)
    くすくらむぃ。
    Kusu kuramï.
    Eat this shit.
    (literally, “dung=eat-IMP”)
    くすか゚むぃ!
    Kusu xamï!
    Eat this shit!
    (literally, “dung=eat-IMP”)
    っまぬくす
    mma nu kusu
    horseshit, manure
    (literally, “horse=GEN dung”)
    にぃずぃんぬくす
    niïzïn nu kusu
    ratshit
    (literally, “rat=GEN dung”)
    くすっくゎ
    kusukkwa
    doodoo
    (literally, “dung=DIM”)

References edit

  • Osada, Suma; Suyama, Nahoko (1977) 奄美方言分類辞典上巻 [Dictionary of Amami Dialect on Semantic Principles: Volume 1], Tokyo: Kasama Shoin, page 164
  • Osada, Suma; Suyama, Nahoko; Fujii, Misako (1980) 奄美方言分類辞典下巻 [Dictionary of Amami Dialect on Semantic Principles: Volume 2], Tokyo: Kasama Shoin, page 673

Okinawan edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

くす (kusu

  1. : feces, dung, shit
    くすくぇー
    kusu kwē
    Eat shit
    くすまいん
    kusu main
    To take a shit

References edit

  1. ^ 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)[1], 1963