bongo
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
Etymology 1
From American Spanish bongó (see American Spanish on Wikipedia).
Translations
mammal
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 e.g. a heart) To beat with an irregular rhythm.
- To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
Finnish
(index b)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bon‧go
Noun
bongo
- bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus (syn. Taurotragus euryceros)
- Bongo ei toistaiseksi ole uhanalainen vaikka on monilla alueilla harvinaistunut tai hävinnyt.
- (music) bongo
- Bongoja soitetaan myös Lähi-idässä, Turkissa ja arabimaissa.
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 | |
instructive | — | bongoin | |
abessive | bongotta | bongoitta | |
comitative | — | bongoineen |
Galician
Italian
Noun
bongo (invariable)
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbonɡo/, [ˈbõŋɡo]
Swahili
Derived terms
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