koumanse
Haitian Creole
Alternative forms
komanse
,
kòmanse
Etymology
From
French
commencer
(
“
to start
”
)
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kumãse/
Verb
koumanse
to
start
, to
commence
References
Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (
1993
),
Haitian Creole-English Dictionary
[1]
, Dunwoody Press,
→ISBN
, page
97