bongo
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
Etymology 1
Noun
bongo (plural bongos)
- A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Translations
mammal
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Etymology 2
Noun
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.
- 1984, Dire Straits (band), Money for Nothing (song)
Derived terms
Translations
drum
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Verb
bongo (third-person singular simple present bongos, present participle bongoing, simple past and past participle bongoed)
- To play the bongo drums.
- Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
- To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
bongo
- bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus (syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Bongo ei toistaiseksi ole uhanalainen vaikka on monilla alueilla harvinaistunut tai hävinnyt.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bon‧go
Etymology 2
From English bongo, from American Spanish bongó.
Noun
bongo
Declension
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. |
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
Probably of Bantu origin
Noun
bongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably of Bantu origin.
Noun
bongo m (plural bonghi)
Etymology 2
Noun
bongo m (plural bonghi)
- bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument)
References
- bongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese
Romanization
bongo
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably of Bantu origin
Noun
bongo m (plural bongos)
- bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, an African antelope)
Romani
Adjective
bongo (feminine bongi, plural bonge)
Spanish
Etymology 1
Probably of Bantu origin
Noun
bongo m (plural bongos)
Pronunciation
Etymology 2
From a Native American word.
Noun
bongo m (plural bongos)
Swahili
Noun
bongo (ma class, plural mabongo)
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from Spanish
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- en:Antelopes
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- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- fi:Musical instruments
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Mammals
- Galician terms derived from Bantu languages
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Bovines
- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔnɡo
- Italian terms derived from Bantu languages
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- it:Animals
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