nonm

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

n'homme, nòm, nomme

Etymology

Derived from French un (“a”) + French homme (“man”), with the prevocalic /n/ of the indefinite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ̃m/
Rhymes: -ɔ̃m

Noun

nonm

(a) man
Synonym: boug

Coordinate terms

(age): gaçon, jènn boug, ti boug
(gender): fenm

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