bongo

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/ Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɑŋɡoʊ === Etymology 1 === From Spanish bongo. ==== Noun ==== bongo (plural bongos) A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu. ==== 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. Synonym: bongo drum ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bongo (third-person singular simple present bongos, present participle bongoing, simple past and past participle bongoed) (intransitive) To play the bongo drums. (intransitive) Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm. (transitive) To hit something rhythmically with the hands. === See also === bingo bango bongo Bongo Bongo Land bongo mag === Anagrams === bogon, boong == Bangi == === Adverb === bongo thus, so, this way == Dutch == === Etymology === Likely borrowed from English bongo, from Spanish bongó, probably of onomatopoeic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔŋ.ɡoː/ Hyphenation: bon‧go === Noun === bongo m (plural bongo's, no diminutive) (music) a bongo (small Cuban drum used in pairs) == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboŋːo/, [ˈbo̞ŋːo̞] Rhymes: -oŋːo Syllabification(key): bon‧go Hyphenation(key): bon‧go === Etymology 1 === From Spanish bongo. ==== Noun ==== bongo bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, syn. Taurotragus euryceros) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From English bongo, from American Spanish bongó. ==== Noun ==== bongo (music) bongo ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Further reading ===== “bongo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === bongo f (plural bongos) bongo == Galician == === Etymology === Probably of Bantu origin === Noun === bongo m (plural bongos) bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔn.ɡo/ Rhymes: -ɔnɡo Hyphenation: bòn‧go === Etymology 1 === Probably of Bantu origin. ==== Noun ==== bongo m (plural bonghi) bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) === Etymology 2 === From American Spanish bongó. ==== Noun ==== bongo m (plural bonghi) bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument) === Further reading === bongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Japanese == === Romanization === bongo Rōmaji transcription of ぼんご == Lingala == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Bangi bongo. ==== Adverb ==== bongo thus, so, this way === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Swahili bongo. ==== Noun ==== bongo (anatomy) brain == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === === Noun === bongo genitive singular of bongas (“bong”) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bon‧go === Etymology 1 === Probably of Bantu origin ==== Noun ==== bongo m (plural bongos) bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus, an African antelope) === Etymology 2 === From Spanish bongó. ==== Noun ==== bongo m (plural bongos) (European Portuguese spelling) alternative form of bongô Alternative forms: (European Portuguese spelling) bongó, (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) bongô === Further reading === “bongo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romani == === Adjective === bongo (feminine bongi, plural bonge) left Synonym: stungo Antonym: ćaćo == Sambali == === Noun === bongô skull == Spanish == === Etymology 1 === Probably of Bantu origin ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbonɡo/ [ˈbõŋ.ɡo] Rhymes: -onɡo Syllabification: bon‧go ==== Noun ==== bongo m (plural bongos) bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) === Etymology 2 === From a Native American word. ==== Noun ==== bongo m (plural bongos) large canoe ===== Descendants ===== English: bungo === Further reading === “bongo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “or *bòngó? See variant 274 of BLR entry 3571. We should add the variant to the PB page”) Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀jòngó. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bongo class V (plural mabongo class VI) (anatomy) brain brains (mental faculties) ==== Derived terms ==== ubongo == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbo.ŋo] === Noun === bongo a side === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh