fɔl

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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

chicken, hen, cock, chick
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

to look old and wrinkled
(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

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