banaan

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese banana, probably from a West African language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baːˈnaːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧naan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

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banaan m or f (plural bananen, diminutive banaantje n)

  1. banana
    Synonym: bacove
  2. (Suriname) plantain
    Synonym: bakbanaan
  3. (offensive, ethnic slur) black person, person of African heritage

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: banana
  • Negerhollands: banana
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: banan
  • ? Aukan: baana
  • ? Sranan Tongo: bana
    • Caribbean Hindustani: báná
    • Caribbean Javanese: banah

Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Banane.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /b̥ɑˈnɑːn/, [b̥ɑˈnɑːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: ba‧naan

Noun

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banaan (genitive banaani, partitive banaani)

  1. banana

Declension

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Declension of banaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative banaan banaanid
accusative nom.
gen. banaani
genitive banaanide
partitive banaani banaane
banaanisid
illative banaani
banaanisse
banaanidesse
banaanesse
inessive banaanis banaanides
banaanes
elative banaanist banaanidest
banaanest
allative banaanile banaanidele
banaanele
adessive banaanil banaanidel
banaanel
ablative banaanilt banaanidelt
banaanelt
translative banaaniks banaanideks
banaaneks
terminative banaanini banaanideni
essive banaanina banaanidena
abessive banaanita banaanideta
comitative banaaniga banaanidega

References

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  • banaan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • banaan”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Limburgish

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Noun

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banaan f

  1. Veldeke spelling of Banaan

West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch banaan, from Portuguese banana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈnaːn/, /bəˈnaːn/

Noun

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banaan c (plural bananen, diminutive banaantsje)

  1. banana

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • banaan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011