banana

Signification

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

Coupé comme

ba‧na‧na

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/baˈnɐ̃.nɐ/

Étymologie

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.