kuzu

From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːzu/

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• Rhymes: -uːzu
• Hyphenation: ku‧zu

kuzu (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kudzu

kuzu

1. Rōmaji transcription of くず

kuzu m (plural kuzus)

1. kudzu

From Ottoman Turkish قوزی (quzı, “lamb”), from Proto-Turkic *kuŕï, *koŕï (“lamb”). Cognate with Old Uyghur qwzy (qozï), Kazakh қозы (qozy), Bashkir Ҡуҙы (Quźı), and Karakhanid قُزٖى (quzï̄).

Compare Mongolian хурга (xurga). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /kuˈzu/

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• Hyphenation: ku‧zu

kuzu (definite accusative kuzuyu, plural kuzular)

1. lamb
2. sweetheart, sweetie