gogo
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊɡəʊ, (US) -oʊɡoʊ
Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]gogo (plural gogos)
- An elasticated hair band.
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of native origin, probably a reduplicated form of an ancient root.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gogo inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of gogo (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gogo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “gogo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chichewa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from a Nguni language; compare Zulu ugogo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gógo class 1a (plural agógo class 2) or gogo class 1a (plural agogo class 2)
Fanagalo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gogo
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gogo m (plural gogos)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gogo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]gogo
Samoan
[edit]Noun
[edit]gogo
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Ewe agɔgó (“buttock”), Fon gògó (“buttock”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gogo
- (vulgar) ass, buttocks
- 2003, Aptijt (lyrics and music), “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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gogo class V (plural magogo class VI)
- log (piece of wood)
Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]gógo class 1a (plural bógógo class 2a)
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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