Kowmang

This article is about a word in the Belter Creole language.

kowmang

Pronoun

kowmang

1. everyone, everybody

Etymology

kowl "all, every" + mang "man, person"

Notes

In one older tweet it was written kowlmang, but all subsequent messages spelled it kowmang//. The "l" may be dropped in the compound form due to phonological reasons.

Source

• https://twitter.com/Nfarmerlinguist/status/705849500384899072
• https://twitter.com/Nfarmerlinguist/status/706897687786840064
• https://twitter.com/Nfarmerlinguist/status/707289345049231360

See also

• kowl
• mang