agogo

See also: agogô, -agogo, a go-go, à gogo, and à go-go

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese agogô, from Yoruba agogo (“bell”).

Noun

agogo (plural agogos)

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

Etymology 2

Adverb

agogo (not comparable)

1. 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)

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

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

1. 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

1. (music) 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

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

1. 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]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

àgōgo m (plural àgṑgai or agōgunā̀, possessed form àgōgon)

1. clock, watch

Malay

Alternative forms

• a go go

Etymology

From English à gogo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ɡo.ɡo]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɡo, -o
• Hyphenation: a‧go‧go

Noun

agogo (Jawi spelling اݢوݢو, plural agogo-agogo or agogo²)

1. (music) go-go

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• beragogo [stative / habitual] (beR-)

References

• “agogo”, in Kamus Dewan Perdana (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2020, →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
  (also see "agogo" at PRPM first version)

Yoruba

Agogo

Alternative forms

• aago
• aogo (Ijesha, Ekiti)

Etymology 1

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡō.ɡō/

Noun

agogo

1. (music) bell, gong
2. 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

1. bird beak

   Synonyms: ẹnu-ẹyẹ, àgógónu, ìkó

Etymology 3

Yèyé ọlọ́ṣun pẹ̀lú àgògo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡò.ɡō/

Noun

àgògo

1. a type of hairstyle worn by priestesses of the orisha; (in particular) worn by ọlọ́ṣun, ọlọ́ya, ìyálórìṣà and oníyemọja priestesses