fo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"
Asaro'o
Alternative forms
- po (Asaro'o)
References
- John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars, 2012, page 50
Beneraf
Further reading
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Berik
Further reading
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Dineor
Further reading
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Ewe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fəʊ]
Italian
Itik
Further reading
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Mambwe-Lungu
Further reading
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 107
Mandarin
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).
Inflection
Singular | Plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd m. | 3rd f. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Normal | foym | foyd | fo | foee | foin | feue | foue |
Emphatic | foyms | foyds | fosyn | foeeish | foinyn | feueish | fouesyn |
Derived terms
- fosyn (emphatic)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh; equivalent to y- + fo (adjective).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔː/, /iˈfɔː/, /əˈfɔː/
- Rhymes: -ɔː
Noun
- A foe or opponent; one that opposes and provides enmity:
- A religious opponent; the forces of evil and malice
- (Christianity) Satan; the enemy of mankind
- A rival combatant or armed force; one that opposes on the battlefield.
- A harmful or ruinous state or action; that which causes terror.
References
- “fō (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
- “ifō (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
Etymology 2
From Old English fā, a form of fāh, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔː/
- Rhymes: -ɔː
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)
References
- “fō (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
Descendants
- English: foe (obsolete as an adjective)
References
- “fō (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-27.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).
Derived terms
Related terms
Venetian
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /voː/
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