bongo
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bongo (plural bongos)
- A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.
Noun edit
bongo (plural bongos or bongoes)
- Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
- 1984, Dire Straits (band), Money for Nothing (song)
- He's banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee.
- Synonym: bongo drum
- 1984, Dire Straits (band), Money for Nothing (song)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
bongo (third-person singular simple present bongos, present participle bongoing, simple past and past participle bongoed)
- (intransitive) To play the bongo drums.
- (intransitive) Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
- (transitive) To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Likely borrowed from English bongo, from Spanish bongó, probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bongo's)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bongo
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, syn. Taurotragus euryceros)
- Bongo ei toistaiseksi ole uhanalainen vaikka on monilla alueilla harvinaistunut tai hävinnyt.
- The bongo is not currently vulnerable or endangered, even if it can no longer be found in some places, at least in the same numbers.
Declension edit
Inflection of bongo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bongo | bongot | ||
genitive | bongon | bongojen | ||
partitive | bongoa | bongoja | ||
illative | bongoon | bongoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bongo | bongot | ||
accusative | nom. | bongo | bongot | |
gen. | bongon | |||
genitive | bongon | bongojen | ||
partitive | bongoa | bongoja | ||
inessive | bongossa | bongoissa | ||
elative | bongosta | bongoista | ||
illative | bongoon | bongoihin | ||
adessive | bongolla | bongoilla | ||
ablative | bongolta | bongoilta | ||
allative | bongolle | bongoille | ||
essive | bongona | bongoina | ||
translative | bongoksi | bongoiksi | ||
abessive | bongotta | bongoitta | ||
instructive | — | bongoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Etymology 2 edit
From English bongo, from American Spanish bongó.
Noun edit
bongo
- (music) bongo
- Bongoja soitetaan myös Lähi-idässä, Turkissa ja arabimaissa.
- Bongos are also used as an instrument in the Middle East, Turkey and Arab countries.
Declension edit
Inflection of bongo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bongo | bongot | ||
genitive | bongon | bongojen | ||
partitive | bongoa | bongoja | ||
illative | bongoon | bongoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bongo | bongot | ||
accusative | nom. | bongo | bongot | |
gen. | bongon | |||
genitive | bongon | bongojen | ||
partitive | bongoa | bongoja | ||
inessive | bongossa | bongoissa | ||
elative | bongosta | bongoista | ||
illative | bongoon | bongoihin | ||
adessive | bongolla | bongoilla | ||
ablative | bongolta | bongoilta | ||
allative | bongolle | bongoille | ||
essive | bongona | bongoina | ||
translative | bongoksi | bongoiksi | ||
abessive | bongotta | bongoitta | ||
instructive | — | bongoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bongo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
bongo f (plural bongos)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Probably of Bantu origin
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably of Bantu origin.
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bonghi)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bonghi)
- bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument)
Further reading edit
- bongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
bongo
Lingala edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *jòngó. Compare Swahili bongo
Noun edit
bongo
Lithuanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bongo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Probably of Bantu origin
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, an African antelope)
Romani edit
Adjective edit
Sambali edit
Noun edit
bongô
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably of Bantu origin
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bongos)
Etymology 2 edit
From a Native American word.
Noun edit
bongo m (plural bongos)
Descendants edit
- English: bungo
Further reading edit
- “bongo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “or *bòngó? See variant 274 of BLR entry 3571”) From Proto-Bantu *jòngó.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
bongo (ma class, plural mabongo)
Derived terms edit
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bongo
- a side
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh