# mongo
## English
### Etymology 1

Unknown

#### Noun

mongo (uncountable)
* (New York City) Still-usable things salvaged (by sanmen) from garbage. [since the 1970s or 80s]
** 1984, [NYC] Issue 1-6, page 51:
    The old room was furnished in "mongo," Sanit lingo for stuff picked out of the garbage. Mongo-picking, Ukeles explained, "is against the law. The garbage belongs to the City. But until a recent rehabilitation program, which is the first since the Depression, the Sanmen never had their own furnishings.” Prior to the show, the Sanmen voted on the worst facilities in the system and Ukeles selected the exhibition mongo from them—shabby, broken-down furniture, walls cluttered with cheap […]
** 2006, Fine Books & Collections, volume 4, page 56, reviewing MONGO: Adventures in Trash by Ted Botha (2004):
    [Mongo] refers to trash, or more specifically, to treasure found in trash: books, artifacts, furniture, even food. Ted Botha's book explores a whole culture, and various subcultures, that revolve around mongo. Those obsessed with mongo often live on the margins, […]
** 2013, Robin Nagle, Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks, →ISBN:Loading out on house-to-house can take many hours, but such routes have other perks, especially for someone who likes to mongo. As a noun, “mongo” is Sanitation slang for treasure salvaged from the trash, with an understanding that the definition of “treasure” is both broad and personal. As a verb, “to mongo” is to look for and rescue such wealth. Sal Federici didn't mongo, but he tolerated his partner's predilection for it. Ray Kurtz was not the district's acknowledged mongo king, […]
* (skateboarding) A manner of pushing oneself on a skateboard with one's front foot as opposed to one's back foot.
    push mongo

#### Further reading

* Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mongo (plural mongos)
* Clipping of mongoloid.

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish mongo. Compare Tagalog munggo.

#### Noun

mongo (uncountable)
* (Philippines) mung bean

##### Derived terms

* red mongo

### Anagrams

* moong

## Chuukese
### Verb

mongo
* to eat

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Mongolian мөнгө (möngö).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoŋːo/, [ˈmo̞ŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -oŋːo
* Hyphenation: mon‧go

### Noun

mongo
* möngö (one 100th of tugrik, the currency of Mongolia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mongo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mongoni
mongoni
accusative
nom.
mongoni
mongoni
gen.
mongoni
genitive
mongoni
mongojeni
partitive
mongoani
mongojani
inessive
mongossani
mongoissani
elative
mongostani
mongoistani
illative
mongooni
mongoihini
adessive
mongollani
mongoillani
ablative
mongoltani
mongoiltani
allative
mongolleni
mongoilleni
essive
mongonani
mongoinani
translative
mongokseni
mongoikseni
abessive
mongottani
mongoittani
instructive
comitative
—mongoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mongosi
mongosi
accusative
nom.
mongosi
mongosi
gen.
mongosi
genitive
mongosi
mongojesi
partitive
mongoasi
mongojasi
inessive
mongossasi
mongoissasi
elative
mongostasi
mongoistasi
illative
mongoosi
mongoihisi
adessive
mongollasi
mongoillasi
ablative
mongoltasi
mongoiltasi
allative
mongollesi
mongoillesi
essive
mongonasi
mongoinasi
translative
mongoksesi
mongoiksesi
abessive
mongottasi
mongoittasi
instructive
comitative
—mongoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mongomme
mongomme
accusative
nom.
mongomme
mongomme
gen.
mongomme
genitive
mongomme
mongojemme
partitive
mongoamme
mongojamme
inessive
mongossamme
mongoissamme
elative
mongostamme
mongoistamme
illative
mongoomme
mongoihimme
adessive
mongollamme
mongoillamme
ablative
mongoltamme
mongoiltamme
allative
mongollemme
mongoillemme
essive
mongonamme
mongoinamme
translative
mongoksemme
mongoiksemme
abessive
mongottamme
mongoittamme
instructive
comitative
—mongoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mongonne
mongonne
accusative
nom.
mongonne
mongonne
gen.
mongonne
genitive
mongonne
mongojenne
partitive
mongoanne
mongojanne
inessive
mongossanne
mongoissanne
elative
mongostanne
mongoistanne
illative
mongoonne
mongoihinne
adessive
mongollanne
mongoillanne
ablative
mongoltanne
mongoiltanne
allative
mongollenne
mongoillenne
essive
mongonanne
mongoinanne
translative
mongoksenne
mongoiksenne
abessive
mongottanne
mongoittanne
instructive
comitative
—mongoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mongonsa
mongonsa
accusative
nom.
mongonsa
mongonsa
gen.
mongonsa
genitive
mongonsa
mongojensa
partitive
mongoaan mongoansa
mongojaan mongojansa
inessive
mongossaan mongossansa
mongoissaan mongoissansa
elative
mongostaan mongostansa
mongoistaan mongoistansa
illative
mongoonsa
mongoihinsa
adessive
mongollaan mongollansa
mongoillaan mongoillansa
ablative
mongoltaan mongoltansa
mongoiltaan mongoiltansa
allative
mongolleen mongollensa
mongoilleen mongoillensa
essive
mongonaan mongonansa
mongoinaan mongoinansa
translative
mongokseen mongoksensa
mongoikseen mongoiksensa
abessive
mongottaan mongottansa
mongoittaan mongoittansa
instructive
comitative
—mongoineen mongoinensa :

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔn.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -ɔnɡo
* Hyphenation: mòn‧go

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mongolian мөнгө (möngö).

#### Noun

mongo m (invariable)
* möngö (one hundredth of a tugrik)

### Etymology 2

Probably of Bantu origin.

#### Adjective

mongo (invariable)
* of or pertaining to the Mongo people

#### Noun

mongo m or f by sense (invariable)
* one who is part of the Mongo people

#### Noun

mongo m (uncountable)
* Mongo (Bantu language)

### Further reading

* mongo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* gnomo

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Clipping of mongoloide.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmõ.ɡu/
* Hyphenation: mon‧go

### Noun

mongo m (plural mongos, feminine monga, feminine plural mongas)
* (slang) idiot

### Adjective

mongo (feminine monga, masculine plural mongos, feminine plural mongas)
* (slang, derogatory) idiot; fool; retarded

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Mongo.

### Noun

mongo m (plural mongos)
* möngö

#### Declension
### References

* mongo in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmonɡo/ [ˈmõŋ.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -onɡo
* Syllabification: mon‧go

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mongo m (plural mongos)
* mung bean
    Synonyms: judía mongo, poroto mongo

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mongo m (plural mongos, feminine monga, feminine plural mongas)
* (colloquial, Chile, Cuba) idiot

#### Adjective

mongo (feminine monga, masculine plural mongos, feminine plural mongas)
* (colloquial, Chile, Cuba) idiotic
    Synonyms: tonto, necio

### Further reading

* “mongo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Clipping of mongoloid. Compare German Mongo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔŋɡʊ/
* Rhymes: -¹ɔŋɡʊ
* Hyphenation: mon‧go

### Noun

mongo n
* (slang, offensive) a person with Down's syndrome (or often a (congenital and) clearly noticeable disorder more generally)
* (slang, possibly offensive) an idiot and/or weirdo
    Synonyms: cp, idiot

#### Usage notes

Less associated with its etymology compared to cp and consequently less likely to offend in (sense 2) (though cp is often fairly detached from its etymology as well).

#### Derived terms

* kioskmongo

### Adjective

mongo (comparative mer mongo, superlative mest mongo)
* (slang) idiotic, stupid