Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kuso

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kuso (“feces, dung, arse, shit”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*kuso

1. feces, dung, arse, shit

Descendants

• 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/)