agogo

English

Etymology 1

From PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#AGOGOCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#AGOGO agogô, from YorubaCategory:English terms derived from Yoruba#AGOGO agogo (“bell”).

Noun

agogo (plural agogos)Category:English lemmas#AGOGOCategory:English nouns#AGOGOCategory:English countable nouns#AGOGOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically played in pairs

Etymology 2

Adverb

agogo (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#AGOGOCategory:English adverbs#AGOGOCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#AGOGOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. Alternative form of à gogo.

Baatonum

Etymology

From YorubaCategory:Baatonum terms borrowed from Yoruba#AGOGOCategory:Baatonum terms derived from Yoruba#AGOGO agogo, cognate with Hausa àgōgo.

Pronunciation

Noun

agogo (y-class, plural agogonu, focus agogowa, plural focus agogona)Category:Baatonum lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Baatonum nouns#AGOGOCategory:Baatonum entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. watch; clock
    • 2021 February 17, Pierre Barassounon, Sanu Biɔ, Thébault Biɔ, Léonard Goragui, Jean Soutar, Dictionnaire Baatonum, SIL International, page 3:
      Nɛn agogo ya sankira
      My watch is broken
      Category:Baatonum terms with quotations#AGOGO

References

  • Barassounon, Pierre; Biɔ, Sanu; Biɔ, Thébault; Goragui, Léonard; Soutar, Jean (17 February 2021), Dictionnaire Baatonum‎, Philadelphia: SIL International
Category:bba:Clocks#AGOGOCategory:bba:Timekeeping#AGOGO Category:Baatonum y-class nouns#AGOGO

Chichewa

Pronunciation

Noun

agógo class 2Category:Chichewa non-lemma forms#AGOGOCategory:Chichewa noun forms#AGOGOCategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO or agogo class 2Category:Chichewa non-lemma forms#AGOGOCategory:Chichewa noun forms#AGOGOCategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. plural of gogo

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from YorubaCategory:Finnish terms derived from Yoruba#AGOGO agogo.

Pronunciation

Noun

agogoCategory:Finnish lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Finnish nouns#AGOGOCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. (musicCategory:fi:Musical instruments#AGOGO) agogo (instrument)

Declension

Inflection of agogo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative agogo agogot
genitive agogon agogojen
agogoiden
agogoitten
partitive agogoa agogoja
agogoita
illative agogoon agogoihin
singular plural
nominative agogo agogot
accusative nom. agogo agogot
gen. agogon
genitive agogon agogojen
agogoiden
agogoitten
partitive agogoa agogoja
agogoita
inessive agogossa agogoissa
elative agogosta agogoista
illative agogoon agogoihin
adessive agogolla agogoilla
ablative agogolta agogoilta
allative agogolle agogoille
essive agogona agogoina
translative agogoksi agogoiksi
abessive agogotta agogoitta
instructive — agogoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of agogo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative agogoni agogoni
accusative nom. agogoni agogoni
gen. agogoni
genitive agogoni agogojeni
agogoideni
agogoitteni
partitive agogoani agogojani
agogoitani
inessive agogossani agogoissani
elative agogostani agogoistani
illative agogooni agogoihini
adessive agogollani agogoillani
ablative agogoltani agogoiltani
allative agogolleni agogoilleni
essive agogonani agogoinani
translative agogokseni agogoikseni
abessive agogottani agogoittani
instructive — —
comitative —agogoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative agogosi agogosi
accusative nom. agogosi agogosi
gen. agogosi
genitive agogosi agogojesi
agogoidesi
agogoittesi
partitive agogoasi agogojasi
agogoitasi
inessive agogossasi agogoissasi
elative agogostasi agogoistasi
illative agogoosi agogoihisi
adessive agogollasi agogoillasi
ablative agogoltasi agogoiltasi
allative agogollesi agogoillesi
essive agogonasi agogoinasi
translative agogoksesi agogoiksesi
abessive agogottasi agogoittasi
instructive — —
comitative —agogoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative agogomme agogomme
accusative nom. agogomme agogomme
gen. agogomme
genitive agogomme agogojemme
agogoidemme
agogoittemme
partitive agogoamme agogojamme
agogoitamme
inessive agogossamme agogoissamme
elative agogostamme agogoistamme
illative agogoomme agogoihimme
adessive agogollamme agogoillamme
ablative agogoltamme agogoiltamme
allative agogollemme agogoillemme
essive agogonamme agogoinamme
translative agogoksemme agogoiksemme
abessive agogottamme agogoittamme
instructive — —
comitative —agogoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative agogonne agogonne
accusative nom. agogonne agogonne
gen. agogonne
genitive agogonne agogojenne
agogoidenne
agogoittenne
partitive agogoanne agogojanne
agogoitanne
inessive agogossanne agogoissanne
elative agogostanne agogoistanne
illative agogoonne agogoihinne
adessive agogollanne agogoillanne
ablative agogoltanne agogoiltanne
allative agogollenne agogoillenne
essive agogonanne agogoinanne
translative agogoksenne agogoiksenne
abessive agogottanne agogoittanne
instructive — —
comitative —agogoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative agogonsa agogonsa
accusative nom. agogonsa agogonsa
gen. agogonsa
genitive agogonsa agogojensa
agogoidensa
agogoittensa
partitive agogoaan
agogoansa		 agogojaan
agogoitaan
agogojansa
agogoitansa
inessive agogossaan
agogossansa		 agogoissaan
agogoissansa
elative agogostaan
agogostansa		 agogoistaan
agogoistansa
illative agogoonsa agogoihinsa
adessive agogollaan
agogollansa		 agogoillaan
agogoillansa
ablative agogoltaan
agogoltansa		 agogoiltaan
agogoiltansa
allative agogolleen
agogollensa		 agogoilleen
agogoillensa
essive agogonaan
agogonansa		 agogoinaan
agogoinansa
translative agogokseen
agogoksensa		 agogoikseen
agogoiksensa
abessive agogottaan
agogottansa		 agogoittaan
agogoittansa
instructive — —
comitative —agogoineen
agogoinensa
Category:Finnish palvelu-type nominals#AGOGO

Gullah

Alternative forms

Etymology

From YorubaCategory:Gullah terms derived from Yoruba#AGOGO agogo (“a bell, a musical instrument in the shape of a cowbell”)

Pronunciation

Noun

agogoCategory:Gullah lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Gullah nouns#AGOGOCategory:Gullah entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. cowbell

References

  • Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from YorubaCategory:Hausa terms borrowed from Yoruba#AGOGOCategory:Hausa terms derived from Yoruba#AGOGO agogo.

Pronunciation

Noun

àgōgo m (plural àgṑgai or agōgunā̀, possessed form àgōgon)Category:Hausa lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Hausa nouns#AGOGOCategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Hausa masculine nouns#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. clock, watch

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Malay terms borrowed from English#AGOGOCategory:Malay terms derived from English#AGOGO à gogo.

Pronunciation

Noun

agogo (Jawi spelling اݢوݢو, plural agogo-agogo or agogo2)Category:Malay lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Malay nouns#AGOGOCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. (musicCategory:ms:Music#AGOGO) go-go

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Yoruba

Agogo

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Possibly onomatopoeicCategory:Yoruba onomatopoeias#AGOGO.

Pronunciation

Noun

agogoCategory:Yoruba lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Yoruba nouns#AGOGOCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. (musicCategory:yo:Music#AGOGO) bell, gong
  2. clock, timepiece
Descendants

Etymology 2

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gógó (“an ideophone describing something that is sharp and pointed”)Category:Yoruba terms prefixed with a- (nominalizing prefix)#GOGO.

Pronunciation

Noun

àgógóCategory:Yoruba lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Yoruba nouns#AGOGOCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. bird beak
    Synonyms: ẹnu-ẹyẹ, àgógónu, ìkó

Etymology 3

Yèyé ọlọ́ṣun pẹ̀lú àgògo

Pronunciation

Noun

àgògoCategory:Yoruba lemmas#AGOGOCategory:Yoruba nouns#AGOGOCategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#AGOGOCategory:Pages with entries#AGOGOCategory:Pages with 8 entries#AGOGO

  1. a type of hairstyle worn by priestesses of the orisha; (in particular) worn by ọlọ́ṣun, ọlọ́ya, ìyálórìṣà and oníyemọja priestesses
Category:yo:Animal body parts#AGOGOCategory:yo:Music#AGOGOCategory:yo:Percussion instruments#AGOGOCategory:yo:Clocks#AGOGOCategory:yo:Hair#AGOGO
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