galago

See also: Galago and gálago

English

galago

Etymology

Scientific Latin / translingual Galago (as a genus name), probably from Wolof golo (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈleɪɡəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

galago (plural galagos or galagoes)

1. Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus Galago, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 146:

     From the trees comes the doleful cry of the black-faced dioch, and the weary rustle of galagos creeping back to their nests after a meticulous night's prowl.

Synonyms

• bushbaby, bush baby

Derived terms

• greater galago
• northern greater galago
• small-eared galago

 

Translations

primate

• Afrikaans: nagapie (af)
• Chichewa: kamundi class 1a/2
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬰猴／婴猴 (yīnghóu)

• Dinka: adimkok
• Estonian: galaago (et)
• Finnish: galago (fi)
• German: Galago m
• Kazakh: галаго (galago)
• Malay: galago
• Polish: galago m
• Romanian: galago m
• Spanish: gálago m
• Swahili: komba (sw)
• Yoruba: egbére

See also

• galago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Finnish

Etymology

From translingual Galago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlɑɡo/, [ˈɡɑ̝lɑ̝ɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑɡo
• Syllabification^(key): ga‧la‧go

Noun

galago

1. galago

Derived terms

compounds

• lyhytkorvagalago

 

French

Noun

galago m (plural galagos)

1. galago

Polish

galago

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈla.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɡɔ
• Syllabification: ga‧la‧go

Noun

galago m animal (indeclinable)

1. galago, bushbaby (any primate of the genus Galago)

Further reading

• galago in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• galago in PWN's encyclopedia