gogo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gogo"

English

WOTD – 8 March 2016

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -əʊɡəʊ, (US) -oʊɡoʊ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gogo (plural gogos)

1. An elasticated hair band.

Synonyms

• scrunchie, scrunchy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Zulu úgógo.

Noun

gogo (plural gogos)

1. (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.

See also

• à gogo

Anagrams

• GOOG, goog

Basque

Etymology

Of native origin, probably a reduplicated form of an ancient root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɡo/ [ɡo.ɣ̞o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɡo, -o
• Hyphenation: go‧go

Noun

gogo inan

1. mind, consciousness
2. soul, spirit
3. memory
4. thought, idea

Declension

Declension of gogo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	gogo	gogoa	gogoak	gogook
ergative	gogok	gogoak	gogoek	gogook
dative	gogori	gogoari	gogoei	gogooi
genitive	gogoren	gogoaren	gogoen	gogoon
comitative	gogorekin	gogoarekin	gogoekin	gogookin
causative	gogorengatik	gogoarengatik	gogoengatik	gogoongatik
benefactive	gogorentzat	gogoarentzat	gogoentzat	gogoontzat
instrumental	gogoz	gogoaz	gogoez	gogootaz
inessive	gogotan	gogoan	gogoetan	gogootan
locative	gogotako	gogoko	gogoetako	gogootako
allative	gogotara	gogora	gogoetara	gogootara
terminative	gogotaraino	gogoraino	gogoetaraino	gogootaraino
directive	gogotarantz	gogorantz	gogoetarantz	gogootarantz
destinative	gogotarako	gogorako	gogoetarako	gogootarako
ablative	gogotatik	gogotik	gogoetatik	gogootatik
partitive	gogorik	—	—	—
prolative	gogotzat	—	—	—

See also

• adimen
• buru
• sen

Further reading

• “gogo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gogo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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)

1. grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)

Derived terms

• ugogo (“senility, state of being old”)

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu ugogo.

Noun

gogo

1. grandmother

French

Etymology

Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”, ultimately sound-symbolic. Compare gogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Noun

gogo m (plural gogos)

1. 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

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごご

Loloda

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *gogo); compare Galela gogo, Tabaru gogo, Ternate gogo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.ɡo/

Noun

gogo

1. body hair, fur, feathers

References

• M. J. van Baarda (1904), Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

Polish

Etymology

Coined by Jan Lam as a name of a character in the Szczutek magazine, possibly from French gogo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɔ
• Syllabification: go‧go

Noun

gogo m pers

1. (derogatory) synonym of goguś

Declension

Declension of gogo

	singular	plural
nominative	gogo	gogowie
genitive	goga	gogów
dative	gogu	gogom
accusative	goga	gogów
instrumental	gogiem	gogami
locative	gogu	gogach
vocative	gogo	gogowie

Further reading

• “gogo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Samoan

Noun

gogo

1. tern; noddy

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 79

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• g'go
• ggo

Etymology

Probably from Ewe agɔgó (“buttock”), Fon gògó (“buttock”).

Noun

gogo

1. (vulgar) ass, buttocks
   • 2003, Aptijt, “Boeke (Radio Versie)”, in Boeke:

     Saka nanga a gogo / dan wi e lolo nanga a baka

     Lower the ass / then we roll the back

2. (vulgar) anus

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

gogo class V (plural magogo class VI)

1. log (piece of wood)

Swazi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gógo class 1a (plural bógógo class 2a)

1. grandmother

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.