banana

Significat

1. (feminine) banana (fruit)
2. (feminine) banana (plant)
3. (feminine,informal) penis
4. (Brazil,feminine,informal) bras d'honneur (obscene gesture)

Amb guionet com

ba‧na‧na

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/baˈnɐ̃.nɐ/

Etimologia

Borrowed from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. Further derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese.