gogo
See also: Gogo, gogó, and go-go
English
WOTD – 8 March 2016
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
gogo (plural gogos)
- An elasticated hair band.
Synonyms
- scrunchie, scrunchy
Etymology 2
Zulu ugogo.
Noun
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.
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See also
- à gogo
Anagrams
- GOOG, goog
Basque
Etymology
Of native origin, probably a reduplicated form of an ancient root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoɡo/, [ɡo̞.ɣ̞o̞]
Noun
gogo inan
- mind, consciousness
- soul, spirit
- memory
- thought, idea
Declension
| Declension of gogo (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| 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 | — | — |
See also
- adimen
- buru
- sen
Further reading
- "gogo" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “gogo” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Chichewa
Etymology
Likely from a Nguni language; compare Zulu ugogo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡó.ɡo/, /ˈɡo.ɡo/
Noun
gógo class 1a (plural agógo class 2) or gogo class 1a (plural agogo class 2)
- grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)
Fanagalo
Etymology
From Zulu ugogo.
Noun
gogo
- grandmother
French
Etymology
Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ.ɡo/
Audio (file)
Noun
gogo m (plural gogos)
- dupe
Derived terms
- à gogo
Further reading
- “gogo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
Romanization
gogo
- Rōmaji transcription of ごご
Samoan
Noun
gogo
- tern; noddy
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
gogo (ma class, plural magogo)
- log (piece of wood)
Swazi
Etymology
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Noun
gógo class 1a (plural bógógo class 2a)
- grandmother
Inflection
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