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Translingual

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fo

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Faroese.

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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Clipping of folio

Noun

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fo (plural fos)

  1. (paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
Synonyms
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  • (page and book size): f
  • (book size): F

Etymology 2

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Preposition

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fo

  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fo'

Anagrams

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Asaro'o

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Noun

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fo

  1. (Molet Kasu, Molet Mur) water

Alternative forms

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  • po (Asaro'o)

References

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Beneraf

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Noun

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fo

  1. water

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Berik

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Noun

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fo

  1. water

Further reading

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Bislama

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Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : fo

Etymology

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From English four.

Numeral

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fo

  1. four

Cameroon Pidgin

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Preposition

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fo

  1. Alternative spelling of for

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English follow.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fo

  1. (Internet, Internet slang) to follow (subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)
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Etymology 2

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From clipping of English focus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of foc.

Verb

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fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. Alternative form of foc.

Etymology 3

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From clipping of English follow.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fo (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of fol.

Dineor

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Noun

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fo

  1. water

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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fo (accusative singular fo-on, plural fo-oj, accusative plural fo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

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Ewe

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Noun

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fo

  1. brother (older brother)
  2. cousin (older male cousin)

Verb

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fo

  1. to peel (remove skin)

Fanagalo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English four.

Numeral

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fo

  1. four

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fo

  1. (literary or regional) first-person singular present indicative of fare
    Synonym: faccio

Usage notes

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fo is an alternative form (with respect to faccio) for the present indicative of the first person. Its usage is mainly literary and archaic[1] but is still used in some regional forms of Italian.

References

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  1. ^ io faccio, io fo at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Itik

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Noun

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fo

  1. water

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Japanese

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Romanization

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fo

  1. The katakana syllable フォ (fo) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Malagasy

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq, cognate of Javanese pusuh and Tagalog puso.

Noun

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fo

  1. (anatomy) heart

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  • fo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Mambwe-Lungu

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Noun

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fo

  1. water

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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fo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of fō.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of fó.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).

Preposition

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fo

  1. under
  2. below

Inflection

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Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd m. 3rd f. 1st 2nd 3rd
Normal foym foyd fo foee foin feue foue
Emphatic foyms foyds fosyn foeeish foinyn feueish fouesyn

Pronoun

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fo

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo
    under him/it

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh; equivalent to y- +‎ fo (adjective), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *faih.

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Noun

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fo (plural fon or fos)

  1. A foe, enemy or opponent:
    1. An enemy of the true religion.
    2. An enemy combatant or armed force.
    3. (Christianity) Satan; the enemy of mankind.
  2. A harmful or ruinous force; that which causes terror.
Descendants
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  • English: foe
  • Scots: fae
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Etymology 2

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From Old English fā, a form of fāh, from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

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Adjective

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fo

  1. (rare) combative, opposed, inimical
  2. (rare) dangerous, foreboding
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Descendants
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  • English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)
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Adverb

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fo

  1. (rare) In a way showing unfriendliness or opposition.
Descendants
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  • English: foe (obsolete as an adverb)
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Murui Huitoto

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Adverb

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fo

  1. Alternative spelling of foo

References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 91

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French fol, from Latin follis.

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Noun

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fo m (plural fos)

  1. (Jersey) madman

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian fā, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. See fu for more.

Verb

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fo

  1. (Sylt) to get, receive, obtain

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fo (Sylt dialect)
infinitive I fo
infinitive II (tö) fon
past participle fingen
imperative fo
  present past
1st singular fo fing
2nd singular fairst fingst
3rd singular fair fing
plural / dual fo fing
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular haa fingen her fingen
2nd singular heest fingen herst fingen
3rd singular heer fingen her fingen
plural / dual haa fingen her fingen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skel fo wel fo
2nd singular sket fo wet fo
3rd singular skel fo wel fo
plural / dual skel fo wel fo

Nupe

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fo

  1. (transitive) to wash
    Synonym: ná
    Ǹdá á èwò fo. ― Father washed the garment.

Old English

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fō

  1. inflection of fōn:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).

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Preposition

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fo (with accusative or dative)

  1. under, beneath
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 109d5
      Ní taít Día fo tairṅgere conid·chumscaiged.
      God does not come under a promise that he should alter it.
  2. to, towards
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
      Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
      It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
  3. through, throughout
  4. in the capacity of
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b13
      Ní fú indidit a·tá irascemini sunt .i. irascemini fercaigthe-si, acht is fo imchomarc a·tá.
      It is not in affirmation that irascemini is here, i.e. irascemini you pl are angry, but it is in interrogation. [In other words, irascemini is here a question, not a statement. The Latin verb is actually in the future tense, but the Old Irish gloss of it is in the present tense.]
  5. according to
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 38c3
      Ní hé apstal cita·rogab in testimin so. Aliter: Ní fóu da·uc int apstal fon chéill fuand·rogab in fáith.
      It is not (the) apostle who first uttered this text. Otherwise: The apostle did not apply it in the sense in which the prophet uttered it.

Inflection

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Inflection of fo
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. foum*, foam*
2d person sing. fout*
3d sing. masc./neut., dative fó(u)
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative foí
3d sing. fem., dative foæ*
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl. founn*
2d person pl.
3d person pl., dative foïb
3d person pl., accusative

*Late forms

Combinations with a definite article:

  • fon, fun (“under the (accusative m/f sg)”)
  • fua (“under the (accusative n sg)”)
  • fon(d), fun(d) (“under the (dative sg)”)
  • fonna (“under the (accusative pl)”)

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

  • fom (“under my”)
  • fot (“under your sg”)
  • foa, fua, fó (“under his/her/its/their”)
  • fóar (“under our”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

Derived terms

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  • Irish: faoi
  • Manx: fo
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fo. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɔ/, /fo/
  • Hyphenation: fo

Preposition

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fo (+ dative, triggers lenition, combined with the singular definite article fon)

  1. under, below, beneath
  2. under the influence of

Inflection

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Personal inflection of fo
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st fodham fodhamsa
2nd fodhad fodhadsa
3rd m fodha fodhasan
3rd f fòidhpe fòidhpese
Plural 1st fodhainn fodhainne
2nd fodhaibh fodhaibhse
3rd fòdhpa fòdhpasan

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References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English four.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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fo

  1. four

Venetan

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Verb

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fo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of far

Volapük

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Preposition

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fo

  1. in front of; before (place)

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Reduction of efô, emphatic form of ef (“he (literary)”).

Pronoun

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fo

  1. he, him.
Usage notes
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Fo is used in north Wales and a variant of o. The choice between o and fo is dependent on grammatical and euphonic considerations. The forms e and fe are used in the south.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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fo

  1. Soft mutation of bo.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bo
radical soft nasal aspirate
bo fo mo unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yola

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Pronoun

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fo

  1. Alternative form of fho
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14[1]:
      az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
      for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.
    • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, lines 1[2]:
      Ochone! to fo shul Ich maak mee moan,
      Ochone, to whom shall I make my moan,
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 2[2]:
      Fo naar had looke var to be brides,
      Who never had luck to be brides,
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 2[2]:
      Fo laately got tackled to Kakeen Lurkaan,
      Who lately got tackled to Catherine Larkin,

References

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  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Yoruba

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fò

  1. (intransitive) to jump, or leap in an upwards direction
  2. (intransitive) to fly
  3. (idiomatic) to miss, to escape one's attention, to forget
    ọkàn mí fò ó ― My mind missed it
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Etymology 2

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fò

  1. (transitive) to decapitate
    Synonyms: bẹ́, bẹ́rí, bẹ́lórí
    wọ́n fi idà fo orí olè ― They used a sword to decapitate the head of the thief
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  • ìfò (“decapitation”)
  • afò (“executioner”)

Etymology 3

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fò

  1. (transitive) to omit
    Synonym: yọ
  2. (intransitive) to become omitted
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Etymology 4

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fò

  1. (transitive) to shrink (as of clothes)
  2. (intransitive) to become shortened in dimension; to contract; to no longer be able to fit
    aṣọ yìí fò mí ― The clothes no longer fits me
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  • ìfò (“the act of shrinking; contraction”)
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