agogo

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Portuguese agogô, from Yoruba agogo (“bell”). ==== Noun ==== agogo (plural agogos) An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically played in pairs === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== agogo (not comparable) Alternative form of à gogo. == Baatonum == === Etymology === From Yoruba agogo, cognate with Hausa àgōgo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ā.ɡō.ɡō/ === Noun === agogo (y-class, plural agogonu, focus agogowa, plural focus agogona) watch; clock === References === Barassounon, Pierre; Biɔ, Sanu; Biɔ, Thébault; Goragui, Léonard; Soutar, Jean (17 February 2021), Dictionnaire Baatonum‎[1], Philadelphia: SIL International == Chichewa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈɡó.ɡo/, /aˈɡo.ɡo/ === Noun === agógo class 2 or agogo class 2 plural of gogo == Finnish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Yoruba agogo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑɡoɡo/, [ˈɑ̝ɡo̞ɡo̞] Rhymes: -ɑɡoɡo Syllabification(key): a‧go‧go Hyphenation(key): ago‧go === Noun === agogo (music) agogo (instrument) ==== Declension ==== == Gullah == === Alternative forms === ago'go === Etymology === From Yoruba agogo (“a bell, a musical instrument in the shape of a cowbell”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ɡo.ʔɡo/ === Noun === agogo cowbell === References === Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969) == Hausa == === Etymology === Borrowed from Yoruba agogo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔà.ɡóː.ɡó/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.ɡʷóː.ɡʷó] === Noun === àgōgo m (plural àgṑgai or agōgunā̀, possessed form àgōgon) clock, watch == Malay == === Alternative forms === a go go === Etymology === From English à gogo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [a.ɡo.ɡo] Rhymes: -ɡo, -o Hyphenation: a‧go‧go === Noun === agogo (Jawi spelling اݢوݢو, plural agogo-agogo or agogo2) (music) go-go ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “agogo” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1. === Further reading === "agogo" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === aago aogo (Ijesha, Ekiti) === Etymology 1 === Possibly onomatopoeic. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ā.ɡō.ɡō/ ==== Noun ==== agogo (music) bell, gong clock, timepiece ===== Descendants ===== → Baatonum: agogo → Hausa: àgōgo → Edo: ẹgogo → Portuguese: agogô → English: agogo → Japanese: アゴゴ (agogo) → Russian: агого (agogo) → Spanish: agogó → Mandarin: 阿哥哥 (āgēgē) === Etymology 2 === From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ gógó (“an ideophone describing something that is sharp and pointed”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /à.ɡó.ɡó/ ==== Noun ==== àgógó bird beak Synonyms: ẹnu-ẹyẹ, àgógónu, ìkó === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /à.ɡò.ɡō/ ==== Noun ==== àgògo a type of hairstyle worn by priestesses of the orisha; (in particular) worn by ọlọ́ṣun, ọlọ́ya, ìyálórìṣà and oníyemọja priestesses