fọ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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fọ̀
- (chiefly CY and SEY, transitive) to say
Usage notes[edit]
- fọ when followed by direct object.
Derived terms[edit]
- fọfọ̀ (“to talk, to speak, to converse”)
- ifọ̀ (“speech”)
- ọfọ̀ (“incantation”)
- ìfọ̀kufọ̀ (“bad speech”)
Etymology 2[edit]
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fọ̀
- (transitive) to wash
- Lọ́ládé ń fọ abọ́ ― Lolade is washing dishes
Usage notes[edit]
- fọ when followed by direct object.
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Etymology 3[edit]
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fọ̀
- to rush out
- ògììrì ẹsẹ̀ẹ́ fọ̀ ― The feet quickly rushed out
Usage notes[edit]
- fọ when followed by direct object.
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
fọ́
- (transitive) to break (a vessel)[1]
- bí adìẹ́ bá dà ẹ́ lóògún nú, ìwọ náà a sì fọ́ ọ lẹ́yin ― If a hen spills your medicine, you should break its eggs (proverb on revenge)
- (transitive, intransitive) to destroy (a town or nation by war)[1]
- Àwọn ọmọ ogun Ìbàdàn fọ́ ìlú Èkìtì púpọ̀ láyé àtijọ́ ― In the past, soldiers of the town of Ibadan destroyed many Ekiti towns
- (intransitive) to become broken, to explode, to collapse
- ìgò ó fọ́ yángá ― the bottle broke into pieces totally
- (idiomatic) to suffer from a headache or blindness
- Ojú mi ti fọ́ ― I have become blind (literally, "my eyes have broken")
- orí ń fọ́ mi ― I have a headache (literally - "my head is breaking")
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Etymology 5[edit]
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fọ́
- (transitive) to liquefy (something)
- ọmọ́ fọ́ ẹ̀kọ mu ― The child liquefied the ẹ̀kọ and drank it
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Etymology 6[edit]
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fọ́
- (transitive) to slap, to hit (with a vessel)
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Etymology 7[edit]
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fọ́
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Etymology 8[edit]
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fọ́
- (intransitive) to lose weight, to shrink in body size, to emaciate
- àìsán mú kí aláìsàn fọ́ ― The illness caused the sick person to lose weight