gogo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊɡəʊ, (US) -oʊɡoʊ
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gogo (plural gogos)
- An elasticated hair band.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
gogo (plural gogos)
- (South Africa) Grandmother; elderly woman.
- 2009, Debra Liebenow Daly, The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns, page 112:
- On the weekdays she and Bawinde worked for the South Africans, but as the weekend approached Elizabeth was anxious to get home to see if James had come to visit his gogo in the village.
See also
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Of native origin, probably a reduplicated form of an ancient root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoɡo/ [ɡo.ɣ̞o]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oɡo, -o
- Hyphenation: go‧go
Noun
gogo inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gogo | gogoa | gogoak |
| ergative | gogok | gogoak | gogoek |
| dative | gogori | gogoari | gogoei |
| genitive | gogoren | gogoaren | gogoen |
| comitative | gogorekin | gogoarekin | gogoekin |
| causative | gogorengatik | gogoarengatik | gogoengatik |
| benefactive | gogorentzat | gogoarentzat | gogoentzat |
| instrumental | gogoz | gogoaz | gogoez |
| inessive | gogotan | gogoan | gogoetan |
| locative | gogotako | gogoko | gogoetako |
| allative | gogotara | gogora | gogoetara |
| terminative | gogotaraino | gogoraino | gogoetaraino |
| directive | gogotarantz | gogorantz | gogoetarantz |
| destinative | gogotarako | gogorako | gogoetarako |
| ablative | gogotatik | gogotik | gogoetatik |
| partitive | gogorik | — | — |
| prolative | gogotzat | — | — |
See also
Further reading
- “gogo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “gogo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chichewa
Etymology
Likely from a Nguni language; compare Zulu ugogo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡó.ɡo/, /ˈɡo.ɡo/
Noun
gógo class 1a (plural agógo class 2) or gogo class 1a (plural agogo class 2)
Fanagalo
Etymology
Noun
gogo
French
Etymology
Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”, ultimately sound-symbolic. Compare gogue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ.ɡo/
Audio: (file)
Noun
gogo m (plural gogos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gogo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
Romanization
gogo
Loloda
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *gogo); compare Galela gogo, Tabaru gogo, Ternate gogo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡo.ɡo/
Noun
gogo
References
- M. J. van Baarda (1904) Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira
Samoan
Noun
gogo
Sranan Tongo
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Ewe agɔgó (“buttock”), Fon gògó (“buttock”).[1]
Noun
gogo
- (vulgar) ass, buttocks
- 2003, Aptijt, “Boeke (Radio Versie)”, in Boeke:
- Saka nanga a gogo / dan wi e lolo nanga a baka
- Lower the ass / then we roll the back
- (vulgar) anus
References
- ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 467.
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
gogo class V (plural magogo class VI)
- log (piece of wood)
Swazi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gógo class 1a (plural bógógo class 2a)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.