See also: Gogo, gogó, and go-go

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gogo (plural gogos)

  1. An elasticated hair band.
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Etymology 2 edit

Zulu ugogo.

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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.

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Basque edit

Etymology edit

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

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoɡo/, [ɡo̞.ɣ̞o̞]

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gogo inan

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

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  • "gogo" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • gogo” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Chichewa edit

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Likely from a Nguni language; compare Zulu ugogo.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡó.ɡo/, /ˈɡo.ɡo/

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gógo class 1a (plural agógo class 2) or gogo class 1a (plural agogo class 2)

  1. grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)

Fanagalo edit

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From Zulu ugogo.

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gogo

  1. grandmother

French edit

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Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”.

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gogo m (plural gogos)

  1. dupe

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gogo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごご

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gogo

  1. tern; noddy

Swahili edit

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gogo (ma class, plural magogo)

  1. log (piece of wood)

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gógo class 1a (plural bógógo class 2a)

  1. grandmother

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