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

feces, dung, arse, shit

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 糞, 屎 (ssu)
- Kunigami: 糞, 屎 (khusū /⁠kʱùsǔː⁠/)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 糞, 屎 (kusu)
- Okinawan: 糞, 屎 (kusu /⁠kùsù⁠/)
- Oki-No-Erabu: 糞, 屎 (kusū /⁠kùsǔː⁠/)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 糞, 屎 (xsu /⁠kʰsǔˑ⁠/)
- Toku-No-Shima: 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/)

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