gogo
English
WOTD – 8 March 2016
Noun
gogo (plural gogos)
- (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.
- 2009, Debra Liebenow Daly, The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns, page 112:
Chichewa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡó.ɡo/, /ˈɡo.ɡo/
French
Etymology
Name of a character in Frédérick Lemaître’s play “Robert Macaire”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ.ɡɔ/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “gogo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swazi
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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