Cognate with *kusa (“stinky”).[1]
*kuso
- feces, dung, arse, shit
- dregs
- Old Japanese: 糞, 屎 (kuso1)
- 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/)
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN