fow

From Old Norse fága.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ/

fow (third-person singular simple present fows, present participle fowing, simple past and past participle fowed)

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) To clean, cleanse (out), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.

• OWF, WOF, OFW

• fop
• foppet

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fow

1. all, all of

• fofow
• fowma
• fuu (Maasina)

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

From Middle Irish fogbai, from Old Irish fo·gaib.

fow (past hooar, future independent yiow, verbal noun feddyn or geddyn, past participle feddynit or geddynit)

1. find
2. get

• baase y gheddyn (“to die”)
• fow magh (“to discover”)
• fow marish (“to have sex with”)
• rey y gheddyn rish (“to get rid of”)

fow

1. Alternative form of fou

From Dutch vouw.

fow

1. fold

fow

1. to fold

fow

1. bent, crooked