Sama, Central

kutu

‘lice’ a louse.

A louse is an external parasite of the order Anoplura , which lives at the base of a hair follicle on the head. English may have gotten its slang word for lice, "cooties", from the Philippine word.

Tiga kutu/ Kutuhan ya.

He has "cooties" (lice).

kulisah, kulimad

ni-/-in-

to have lice.

Nikutu/Kinutu ya.

He is infested with "cooties" (lice).