agogo
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese agogô, from Yoruba agogo (“bell”).
Noun edit
agogo (plural agogos)
- An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically played in pairs
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
agogo (not comparable)
- Alternative form of à gogo
Baatonum edit
Etymology edit
From Yoruba agogo, cognate with Hausa àgōgo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agogo (y-class, plural agogonu, focus agogowa, plural focus agogona)
- watch; clock
- 2021 February 17, Pierre Barassounon, Sanu Biɔ, Thébault Biɔ, Léonard Goragui, Jean Soutar, Dictionnaire Baatonum, SIL International, page 3:
- Nɛn agogo ya sankira
- My watch is broken
References edit
- Barassounon, Pierre, Biɔ, Sanu, Biɔ, Thébault, Goragui, Léonard, Soutar, Jean (2021 February 17) Dictionnaire Baatonum[1], Philadelphia: SIL International
Chichewa edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agógo class 2 or agogo class 2
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agogo
Declension edit
Inflection of agogo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | agogo | agogot | ||
genitive | agogon | agogojen agogoiden agogoitten | ||
partitive | agogoa | agogoja agogoita | ||
illative | agogoon | agogoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | agogo | agogot | ||
accusative | nom. | agogo | agogot | |
gen. | agogon | |||
genitive | agogon | agogojen agogoiden agogoitten | ||
partitive | agogoa | agogoja agogoita | ||
inessive | agogossa | agogoissa | ||
elative | agogosta | agogoista | ||
illative | agogoon | agogoihin | ||
adessive | agogolla | agogoilla | ||
ablative | agogolta | agogoilta | ||
allative | agogolle | agogoille | ||
essive | agogona | agogoina | ||
translative | agogoksi | agogoiksi | ||
abessive | agogotta | agogoitta | ||
instructive | — | agogoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
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Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agogo (Jawi spelling اݢوݢو, plural agogo-agogo, informal 1st possessive agogoku, 2nd possessive agogomu, 3rd possessive agogonya)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
References edit
- “agogo” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1.
Further reading edit
- “agogo” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agogo
Descendants edit
- → Baatonum: agogo
- → Hausa: àgōgo
- → Edo: ẹgogo
- → Portuguese: agogô
- → Spanish: agogó
- → Mandarin: 阿哥哥 (āgēgē)
Etymology 2 edit
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gógó (“an ideophone describing something that is sharp and pointed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àgógó
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àgògo