Editing Makossa (section)

== Etymology ==
The word "makossa" is originated from the Duala words "m'a" and "kossa". "Kossa" is a term that was a term at the edge of [[neologism]] expressed initially as a cry of exhortation, and as "a kind of swear word that has the status of a stimulus, a [[wiktionary:spur|spur]]. In the book ''Le Makossa: une musique africaine moderne'', a passage including this quote is written as follows:

:"En effet, le terme Makossa, [https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9rive dérive] de « m'a kossa » qui veut dire littéralement en langue duala et au pluriel les [https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/contorsions contorsions] ; au singulier « di kossa » la contorsion. Ce vocable « Kossa » est un terme à la lisière du néologisme et du cri d'exhortation, mieux, une sorte de juron ayant statut de stimulus, d'aiguillon."<ref name="l'Harmattan"/>

In the same book, the author explains that according to Remy Minko Mba (late journalist):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameroon-Info.Net |url=https://www.cameroon-info.net/article/remy-minko-est-decede-75396.html |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.cameroon-info.net |language=fr}}</ref>

: "Kossa is a kind of exclamation, a cry of [[joy]] that is usually [[uttered]] to give more [[wiktionary:vigour#English|vigor]],  [and] more energy to the [[dance]]."

In the original French version, a passage including the translated version of this quote reads:

:"Remy MINKO MBA poursuit: « Kossa est une sorte d'exclamation, un cri de joie que l'on pousse généralement pour donner plus de vigeur, plus d'énergie à la danse. Il s'agit donc d'une sorte de stimulus qui doit nécessairement provoquer une réaction positive »."<ref name="l'Harmattan"/>

In Cameroonian Pidgin English, a [[cognate]] that could one of the ultimate underlying origins of the word "makossa" is: "kosh". One of the definitions of this word is the third one in this list, which is the context of the origin of the word makossa: "to insult, abuse, curse, swear at."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kouega |first=Jean-Paul |title=A dictionary of Cameroon Pidgin English usage: pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary |date=2008 |publisher=LINCOM Europa |isbn=978-3-89586-204-5 |series=LINCOM studies in Pidgin & Creole linguistics |location=München}}</ref>