בננה

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Wolof banaana, via various European languages. The sense girl (usually in the plural בָּנָנוֹת (bananot, girls) is presumably influenced by the phonetic similarity with בָּנוֹת f pl (banót, girls).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /banana/
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Noun

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בָּנָנָה (banánaf (plural indefinite בָּנָנוֹת, singular construct בָּנָנַת־)

  1. a banana
  2. a banana connector
  3. (slang, usually in the plural) a girl

Declension

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