bongo English · revision 1263

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈbɑŋ.ɡoʊ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The drum is [[bor|es|bongó]] from Caribbean Spanish,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) of West African (Bantu) origin;^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Lokele ''boungu'' has been compared.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The antelope's name is a separate word from a Bantu language,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) perhaps Kele of Gabon^(MW Collegiate) or related to Lingala ''mongu'' “antelope”.^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The antelope is named in English from 1861;^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) the drum, one of a pair of small Cuban drums, from 1920.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The drum became known in the U.S. in 1929, when the Cuban government banned bongos.^(Etymonline) Bongo drums were part of Cuban rumba orchestras in the U.S. by 1941 and of bop combos by 1949.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1861 – the African antelope.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1920 – the Cuban drum.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1929 – the drums banned in Cuba.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1941 – in Cuban rumba bands in the U.S.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Either of a pair of small connected [[drum|alt=drums]] of different pitches, held between the knees and played with the hands.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A large reddish-brown forest [[antelope]] of central Africa, with narrow white stripes and spirally twisted horns.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To play the bongos.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bongoist]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}