gogo
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -əʊɡəʊ, (US) -oʊɡoʊ
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gogo (plural gogos)
- An elasticated hair band.
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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
Audio (file)
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 | — | — |
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Further reading edit
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
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
gogo (ma class, plural magogo)
- 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.