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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Faroese or Faroese føroyskt .

Symbol

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fo

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

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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 , African-American Vernacular ) Alternative spelling of fo' .

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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fo (past participle gfange )

  1. alternative form of fah

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)

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /ˈfo/ [ˈfo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: fo

Verb

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fo

  1. alternative form of foi

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

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Bislama

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Bislama numbers (edit )
 ←  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 .

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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 .

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Noun

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fo (Hong Kong Cantonese )

  1. alternative form of foc

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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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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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fò (plural fowo )

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

Verb

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fò

  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

Hawaiian Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English for .

Particle

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fo

  1. to; (the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive).
    • 2001, Tonouchi, Lee A, Da Word‎[3] :
      So I toll her if I won den she had fo' buy me one extra milk fo' lunch.
      So I told her if I won't then she had to buy me one extra milk for lunch.
    • 2020, "1 Peter 5:8", in Hawaii Pidgin Bible‎[4] :
      Use yoa head fo know wat fo do erytime!
      Use your head to know what to do everything. [Be alert and of sober mind.]
    • 2023 August, "Be Patient", in Da Place Fo Watch From (Study Kine)‎[5] , Witnesses fo Jehovah (Jehovah's Witnesses):
      Fo exampo, can be hard fo no get nutz wen we stuck in traffic
      For example, it can be hard to not get angry when we're stuck in traffic

Preposition

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fo

  1. for
    • 2001, Tonouchi, Lee A, Da Word‎[6] :
      So I toll her if I won den she had fo' buy me one extra milk fo' lunch.
      So I told her if I won't then she had to buy me one extra milk for lunch.
    • 2020, "1 Peter 5:8", in Hawaii Pidgin Bible‎[7] :
      [...]he stay go all ova da place jalike one wild lion, looking fo somebody fo him eat up.
      [...] he is everywhere, like a wild lion, looking for somebody to eat.
    • 2023 August, "Be Patient", in Da Place Fo Watch From (Study Kine)‎[8] , Witnesses fo Jehovah (Jehovah's Witnesses):
      Fo exampo, can be hard fo no get nutz wen we stuck in traffic
      For example, it can be hard to not get angry when we're stuck in traffic

Italian

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fo

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

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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.

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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 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

Further reading

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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

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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.

Mander

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Noun

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fo

  1. water

References

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  • Smits and Voorhoeve (1994), The J. C. Anceaux collection of wordlists of Irian Jaya languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) languages (Part I)

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").

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Preposition

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fo

  1. under
  2. below

Inflection

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Inflection of fo
Person: simple emphatic
singular first foym foym's
second foyd foyd's
third m fo fosyn
f foee foeeish
plural first foin foinyn
second feue feueish
third foue fouesyn

Pronoun

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fo (emphatic fosyn )

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo ("under him")

References

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  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming), Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 115

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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    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.
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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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      • 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.
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      Etymology 3

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        Borrowed from Old Norse fár , from Proto-Germanic *fawaz , from Proto-Indo-European *ph2w-os, from *peh2w- ("few, little"). First attested in c. 1325.

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        fo

        1. (Northern) few, little, not many
          Synonyms: fewe , (Northern) fon , whon

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        fo

        1. (Norfolk , Northern) A few, a small quantity.
          Synonyms: fewe , (Northern) fon , whon

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        Murui Huitoto

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        Adverb

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        fo

        1. alternative spelling of foo

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        • Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[9] (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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        From Old Frisian fā , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną . See fu for more.

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        fo

        1. (Sylt ) to get, receive, obtain

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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

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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.

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        Inflection of fo
        Person: normal emphatic
        singular first foum*, foam*
        second fout*
        third
        m or n
        dative fó(u)
        accusative foí
        third
        f
        dative foæ*
        accusative
        plural first founn*
        second
        third dative foïb
        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:

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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 .

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

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

        1. under, below, beneath
        2. at the bottom of
        3. (idiomatic ) under the influence of, affected by, overwhelmed with, full of

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        Personal inflection of fo
        Person: simple emphatic
        singular first fodham fodhamsa
        second fodhad fodhadsa
        third m fodha fodhasan
        f fòidhpe fòidhpese
        plural first fodhainn fodhainne
        second fodhaibh fodhaibhse
        third fòdhpa fòdhpasan

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        References

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

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        Verb

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        fo

        1. inflection of far :
          1. first-person singular present indicative
          2. third-person singular preterite indicative

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        Sranan Tongo

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        Etymology

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        From English four .

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        fo

        1. four

        Tobati

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Oceanic *boŋi [1] , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi , from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi . Cognates include Māori pō , and Hawaiian pō .

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        fo

        1. night
          Coordinate terms: nansam , nanic , ratcwi

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        1. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2003), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1] , volume 2: The Physical Environment, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 305–307.

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        • Normawati; Sanjoko, Yohanis; Suharyanto; Marawuri, Eli; Embram, Esther (2018), Buku Ajar Bahasa Tobati Bagi Pemula [Tobati Language Guide for Beginners]‎[10] (in Indonesian), Jayapura: Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Kota Jayapura

        Venetan

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        Verb

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        fo

        1. first-person singular present indicative of far

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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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        Etymology 1

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

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        fo

        1. he, him.
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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.

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        fo

        1. soft mutation of bo

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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.

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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 ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.", in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[2] , volume 17, number 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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        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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        fò

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