bɔbɔ
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Krio[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from a West African language. Compare Nigerian Pidgin bobo (“boy, boyfriend”), Adangme bɔbɔ (“little boy”) and Vai bɔbɔ (“little”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bɔ̀bɔ́
Etymology 2[edit]
Compare Jamaican Creole bobo (“a kind of fish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bɔ́bɔ̀
- a kind of fish that is slippery
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bɔ́bɔ́
- a kind of bread that does not soak in water
- (figurative) a headstrong person
References[edit]
- ^ Clifford N. Fyle, Eldred D. Jones (1980) A Krio-English dictionary[1], USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44