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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”). Cognate with Persian کس (kos, “vulva”) and Latvian kūsis (“pubic hair, vulva”). Possibly a euphemism from the older meaning "belly", preserved in Sanskrit कुक्षि (kukṣí, “belly”).
Noun
kūšỹs m
- pubic hair
- vulva
References
- “kūšys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507