bongo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 Swahili 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ

[edit] Etymology

From American Spanish bongó.

[edit] Noun

bongo (plural bongos)

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1. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Taurotragus euryceros.

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[edit] Noun

bongo (plural bongos or bongoes)

1. One of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.

[edit] Derived terms

• bongoist

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[edit] Verb

to bongo (third-person singular simple present bongos, present participle bongoing, simple past and past participle bongoed)

1. To play the bongo
2. (Of, e.g. a heart) To beat with an irregular rhythm
3. To hit something rhythmically with the hands.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of bgnoo
• bogon
• boong

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[edit] Finnish

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bon‧go

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bongo

1. bongo, Taurotragus euryceros

   Bongo ei toistaiseksi ole uhanalainen vaikka on monilla alueilla harvinaistunut tai hävinnyt.

2. (music) bongo

   Bongoja soitetaan myös Lähi-idässä, Turkissa ja arabimaissa.

[edit] Declension

Declension of bongo (type valo) singular plural nominative bongo bongot genitive bongon bongojen partitive bongoa bongoja accusative bongo bongon bongot inessive bongossa bongoissa elative bongosta bongoista illative bongoon bongoihin adessive bongolla bongoilla ablative bongolta bongoilta allative bongolle bongoille essive bongona bongoina translative bongoksi bongoiksi instructive – bongoin abessive bongotta bongoitta comitative – bongoineen

[edit] Derived terms

• bongorumpu

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Noun

bongo

1. brain (intelligent person)