gogo

See also: Gogo, gogó, and go-go

English

WOTD – 8 March 2016

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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)

1. An elasticated hair band.

Synonyms

• scrunchie, scrunchy

Etymology 2

From Zulu ugogo.

Noun

gogo (plural gogos)

1. (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

• à gogo

Anagrams

• GOOG, goog

Basque

Etymology

Of native origin, probably a reduplicated form of an ancient root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɡo/ [ɡo.ɣ̞o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɡo, -o
• Hyphenation: go‧go

Noun

gogo inan

1. mind, consciousness
2. soul, spirit
3. memory
4. thought, idea

Declension

Declension of gogo (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	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

• adimen
• buru
• sen

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)

1. grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu ugogo.

Noun

gogo

1. grandmother

French

Etymology

Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”, ultimately sound-symbolic. Compare gogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Noun

gogo m (plural gogos)

1. dupe

Derived terms

• à gogo

Further reading

• “gogo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

gogo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごご

Samoan

Noun

gogo

1. tern; noddy

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• g'go
• ggo

Etymology

Probably from Ewe agɔgó (“buttock”), Fon gògó (“buttock”).

Noun

gogo

1. (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

2. (vulgar) anus

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

gogo class V (plural magogo class VI)

1. 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)

1. grandmother

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.