bongo
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɑŋɡoʊ
Etymology 1
editNoun
editbongo (plural bongos)
- A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Translations
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Etymology 2
editFrom United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.
Noun
editbongo (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
editTranslations
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Verb
editbongo (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
editAnagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editLikely borrowed from English bongo, from Spanish bongó, probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbongo m (plural bongo's)
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editbongo
- 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
editInflection 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
editFrom English bongo, from American Spanish bongó.
Noun
editbongo
- (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
editInflection 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
editFurther 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
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editbongo f (plural bongos)
Galician
editEtymology
editProbably of Bantu origin
Noun
editbongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProbably of Bantu origin.
Noun
editbongo m (plural bonghi)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editbongo m (plural bonghi)
- bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument)
Further reading
edit- bongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese
editRomanization
editbongo
Lingala
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *jòngó. Compare Swahili bongo
Noun
editbongo
Lithuanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbongo
Portuguese
editEtymology
editProbably of Bantu origin
Noun
editbongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, an African antelope)
Romani
editAdjective
editSambali
editNoun
editbongô
Spanish
editEtymology 1
editProbably of Bantu origin
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbongo m (plural bongos)
Etymology 2
editFrom a Native American word.
Noun
editbongo 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
editEtymology
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
editNoun
editbongo (ma class, plural mabongo)
Derived terms
editTernate
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbongo
- a side
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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