Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kuso

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.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

Cognate with *kusa (“stinky”).^[1]

Noun

*kuso

feces, dung, arse, shit
dregs

Descendants

Old Japanese: 糞, 屎 (kuso₁)
- Japanese: 糞, 屎 (kuso)
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

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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