bongo
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɑŋɡoʊ
Etymology 1
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Mountain_bongo_mount_kenya.jpg/220px-Mountain_bongo_mount_kenya.jpg)
Noun
[edit]bongo (plural bongos)
- A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bongo.jpg/220px-Bongo.jpg)
From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.
Noun
[edit]bongo (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
[edit]Translations
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Verb
[edit]bongo (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
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely borrowed from English bongo, from Spanish bongó, probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo m (plural bongo's)
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo
- 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
[edit]Inflection 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
[edit]From English bongo, from American Spanish bongó.
Noun
[edit]bongo
- (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
[edit]Inflection 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
[edit]Further 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]bongo f (plural bongos)
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably of Bantu origin
Noun
[edit]bongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
Italian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bongo_Burger_Zoo.jpg/250px-Bongo_Burger_Zoo.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably of Bantu origin.
Noun
[edit]bongo m (plural bonghi)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo m (plural bonghi)
- bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument)
Further reading
[edit]- bongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]bongo
Lingala
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *jòngó. Compare Swahili bongo
Noun
[edit]bongo
Lithuanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably of Bantu origin
Noun
[edit]bongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, an African antelope)
Romani
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bongo (feminine bongi, plural bonge)
Sambali
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongô
Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably of Bantu origin
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo m (plural bongos)
Etymology 2
[edit]From a Native American word.
Noun
[edit]bongo 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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Human_brain_NIH.jpg/220px-Human_brain_NIH.jpg)
Etymology
[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
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo (ma class, plural mabongo)
Derived terms
[edit]Ternate
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bongo
- 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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