英和和英

語源

For the dance:

• Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being of sub-Saharan African origin.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə/
• (米国発音) enPR: kängʹgə, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡə/
• 韻: -ɒŋɡə
• Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)

名詞

conga (複数形 congas)

1. (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
2. (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]
   • 1979, John Storm Roberts, The Latin Tinge, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 81–82:

     The conga dance, with its long line that might eventually sweep in everybody in the place, and the kick on the fourth beat and the fruited headdress that were to become her trademarks.

派生語

• conga line

動詞

conga (三人称単数 現在形 congas, 現在分詞 congaing, 過去形および過去分詞形 congaed)

1. To dance the conga.

参考

• bunny hop

Further reading

• conga on Wikipedia.
• conga line on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Cogan