fɔl

See also: fol, FOL, fól, fòl, föl, føl, fol., and föl-

Krio

Fɔl (rooster)

Fɔl (hen)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̂l/

Etymology 1

From English fowl.

Noun

fɔ̂l

1. chicken, hen, cock, chick
2. coward, weakling

Derived terms

• fɔl baksay (“a person who cannot keep a secret”)
• fɔl man (“a coward”)
• fɔl-lɔs (“a disease affecting chicken”)
• fɔlkup (“chicken coop”)

 

Etymology 2

From English fall.

Verb

fɔ̂l

1. to look old and wrinkled
2. (only in compounds and fixed expressions) to fall

   Synonym: (in isolation) fɔdɔm

Derived terms

• fɔl awt (“to fall out”)
• fɔl in lɔv (“to fall in love”)
• fɔl ɔf (“to fall off (of hair)”)
• fɔl ɔn (“to assault”)

 

References

• Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 109-110