Kongó

See also: kongo, kongō, kongó, Kongo, and Kongō

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoŋɡoː]
  • Hyphenation: Kon‧gó
  • Rhymes: -ɡoː

Proper noun

Kongó

  1. synonym of Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
  2. synonym of Kongói Köztársaság: Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  3. Congo (a major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Kongó Kongók
accusative Kongót Kongókat
dative Kongónak Kongóknak
instrumental Kongóval Kongókkal
causal-final Kongóért Kongókért
translative Kongóvá Kongókká
terminative Kongóig Kongókig
essive-formal Kongóként Kongókként
essive-modal
inessive Kongóban Kongókban
superessive Kongón Kongókon
adessive Kongónál Kongóknál
illative Kongóba Kongókba
sublative Kongóra Kongókra
allative Kongóhoz Kongókhoz
elative Kongóból Kongókból
delative Kongóról Kongókról
ablative Kongótól Kongóktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Kongóé Kongóké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Kongóéi Kongókéi
Possessive forms of Kongó
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Kongóm Kongóim
2nd person sing. Kongód Kongóid
3rd person sing. Kongója Kongói
1st person plural Kongónk Kongóink
2nd person plural Kongótok Kongóitok
3rd person plural Kongójuk Kongóik

Derived terms

Lingala

Etymology

Ultimately from Kongo, but directly borrowed from French Congo.

Proper noun

Kongó

  1. Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)