Meaning
A cow — kept in the pen or tethered to graze, valued for milk and beef and a real store of wealth for a small farmer. Cow runs through proverb about growth and greed: 'so cow a grow, so him nose hole a open' (as the cow grows its nostrils widen — appetites grow with size). 'Yuh ketch cow by him horn, but man by him word' measures a person by their promise.
Examples
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Di cow deh a graze inna di pen.
The cow is grazing in the pen.
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Wi milk di cow every mawnin.
We milk the cow every morning.
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So cow a grow, so him nose hole a open.
As the cow grows, its nostrils widen.
A proverb: appetites and demands grow with means.
Origin
From English 'cow'. See [[pen]], [[fowl]].
How it’s used
A cow; central to proverbs on growth, greed, and a person's word.