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West African Pidgin core wordlist — forms beginning with F — NG

Recorded forms from the ASJP Database; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

Core wordlist. These forms are phonetic transcriptions from the ASJP Database; native spelling has not been recorded yet. This page lists 37 recorded forms in West African Pidgin, each shown as a phonetic transcription in slashes.

Source: Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org — licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

This page lists the 30 words and 7 phrases beginning with F in the West African Pidgin community dictionary. Each entry has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

West African Pidgin (NG)

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30 words and 7 phrases — 37 entries in total.

Words (30)

F (30)

Face cap (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Baseball cap

Face-me-I-face-you (West African Pidgin) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To Challenge

faif (West African Pidgin) number AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

five

family (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

family

Fan (West African Pidgin) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to fan or blow air

fanta (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

fruit-flavored soda

fashin (West African Pidgin) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to ignore

faya (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

anger

feeling (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

sensation

Feri (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Ferry

fif (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

five

Fila (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

traditional cap

fine (West African Pidgin) adjective AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

good/nice/fine

Finga (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Finger

fish (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

fish

/fiʃ/ phonetic transcription

fish

Fiva (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Fever

flag (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

flag

Flenjo (West African Pidgin) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To enjoy life or party hard

flight (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

flight

Fling (West African Pidgin) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to throw forcefully

fo (West African Pidgin) number AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

four

Follow-follow (West African Pidgin) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Someone who blindly follows others without thinking

for (West African Pidgin) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

for

forest (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

forest

four (West African Pidgin) number AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

four

fowl (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

chicken or poultry

frenzy (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

rage

from (West African Pidgin) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

from

fufu (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

starchy dough

Phrases (7)

Fall hand (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To disappoint someone

Family na everything. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Family is everything.

Family no be small thing o (West African Pidgin) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Family is very important.

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