bongo

See also: bongó, bongô, bỡ ngỡ, and bɔŋɔ

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ

Etymology 1

From American Spanish bongó (see American Spanish on Wikipedia).

Noun

bongo (plural bongos)

  1. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

bongo (plural bongos or bongoes)

  1. 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.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

Finnish

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bon‧go

Noun

bongo

  1. bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus (syn. 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.

Declension

Inflection of bongo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
instructive — bongoin
abessive bongotta bongoitta
comitative — bongoineen

Derived terms

Galician

Noun

bongo m (plural bongos)

  1. bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)

Japanese

Romanization

bongo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼんご

Portuguese

Noun

bongo m (plural bongos)

  1. bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, an African antelope)

Romani

Adjective

bongo (feminine bongi, plural bonge)

  1. left

Synonyms

Antonyms

Spanish

Noun

bongo m (plural bongos)

  1. bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
  2. large canoe

Swahili

bongo

Noun

bongo (ma class, plural mabongo)

  1. (anatomy) brain
  2. brains (mental faculties)

Derived terms

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