Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kušu
Meaning: 1 touchwood 2 dandruff, soot
Russian meaning: 1 гнилушка, труха 2 перхоть, ушная сера, сажа
Evenki: kuču 1
Even: kuč 1
Negidal: kutin 1 [ = kučin]
Literary Manchu: χosori, χusuri 2
Nanai: kuči (Он.) 'uneven surface of birch-bark' Comments: ТМС 1, 441, 479. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,