bɔbɔ

See also: bobo, Bobo, bóbo, bobô, bo bo, bỏ bố, bô bô, bọbọ, and бо-бо

Krio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a West African language. Compare Nigerian Pidgin bobo (“boy, boyfriend”), Adangme bɔbɔ (“little boy”) and Vai bɔbɔ (“little”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀.bɔ́/

Noun

bɔ̀bɔ́

  1. boy

Etymology 2

Compare Jamaican Creole bobo (“a kind of fish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ́.bɔ̀/

Noun

bɔ́bɔ̀

  1. a kind of fish that is slippery

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ́.bɔ́/

Noun

bɔ́bɔ́

  1. a kind of bread that does not soak in water
  2. (figurative) a headstrong person

References
  1. Clifford N. Fyle, Eldred D. Jones (1980) A Krio-English dictionary‎, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44
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