gogo

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See also: Gogo, gogó, and go-go

English

WOTD – 8 March 2016

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

Zulu ugogo.

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.

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Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

gogo inan

  1. mind, consciousness
  2. soul, spirit
  3. memory
  4. 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 — —

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Further reading

  • "gogo" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “gogo” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , 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)

  1. grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu ugogo.

Noun

gogo

  1. grandmother

French

Etymology

Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”.

Pronunciation

Noun

gogo m (plural gogos)

  1. dupe

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

gogo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごご

Samoan

Noun

gogo

  1. tern; noddy

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

gogo (ma class, plural magogo)

  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

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