kago

See also: kaĝo

English

A kago with 2 bearers

Alternative forms

• cango, kango

Etymology

From Japanese 駕籠 (かご, kago).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/

Noun

kago (plural kagos or kago)

1. (chiefly historical) An open and suspended Japanese style of sedan chair.
   • 1874, Aimé Humbert, translated by Frances Cashel Hoey et al., Japan and the Japanese Illustrated, page 156:

     There are two sorts of palanquin, the norimon and the cango. The former, which requires four bearers for long journeys, is a large, heavy box, in which one may sit with tolerable comfort. The sides are in lacquered wood, and contain two sliding doors. Although this norimon is, par excellence, the vehicle of the nobility, it admits of no ornaments, and is used by the ladies of the middle class and by the registered courtesans, because both occupy a certain position of fortune and consideration in society. The cango is a light litter of bamboo, open on both sides; it requires only two bearers, who always walk with a rapid and regular step. They rest for one minute out of twenty. When they go back, each carries in his turn the cango, suspended at the end of a pole, over his shoulder.

   • 1898 July, Mabel Loomis Todd, "In Aino-land", The Century Illustrated Montly Magazine, Vol. LVI, No. 3, p. 346:

     There are no roads outside the villages in northern Yezo, no jinriksha,—those most fascinating man-power carriages,—no kago, or swinging cars, and no side-saddles...

2. (chiefly historical, inexact) Any Japanese litter, inclusive of norimonos and other styles.
   • 1895, Outing, number 26, page 7:

     With the long kagos, three coolies are always used, and sometimes four.

Translations

Translations

• Japanese: 駕籠 (ja), 駕篭 (ja)

References

• “kago, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• Koga

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• kalago

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧go

Noun

kago

1. the Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans); one of two species of flying lemurs, and the only member of the genus Cynocephalus

Japanese

Romanization

kago

1. Rōmaji transcription of かご

Northern Sotho

Noun

kago

1. building

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cargo.

Noun

kago

1. cargo; Western material goods

Descendants

• Ankave: kakwɨ´