See bɔbɔ on Wiktionary
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Jamaican Creole bobo (“a kind of fish”).",
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"a headstrong person"
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"(figurative) a headstrong person"
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"text": "di bɔbɔ lɛk di titi.",
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"t": "a kind of fish"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Jamaican Creole bobo (“a kind of fish”).",
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],
"lang": "Krio",
"lang_code": "kri",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"glosses": [
"a kind of fish that is slippery"
],
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],
"word": "bɔbɔ"
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"a headstrong person"
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"(figurative) a headstrong person"
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}
],
"word": "bɔbɔ"
}
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