banana

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Met koppelteken als

ba‧na‧na

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/baˈnɐ̃.nɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.