banaan
See also: Banaan
Dutch
Alternative forms
- bananne (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese banana, probably from a West African language.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːˈnaːn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧naan
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
banaan f (plural bananen, diminutive banaantje n)
- banana
- Synonym: bacove
- (Suriname) plantain
- Synonym: bakbanaan
- (offensive, ethnic slur) black person, person of African heritage
Derived terms
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: banana
- Negerhollands: banana
- Skepi Creole Dutch: banan
- →? Aukan: baana
- →? Sranan Tongo: bana
- → Caribbean Hindustani: báná
- → Caribbean Javanese: banah
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “banaan”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b̥ɑˈnɑːn/, [b̥ɑˈnɑːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: ba‧naan
Noun
banaan (genitive banaani, partitive banaani)
Declension
| 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
- 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
Noun
banaan f
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch banaan, from Portuguese banana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈnaːn/, /bəˈnaːn/
Noun
banaan c (plural bananen, diminutive banaantsje)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “banaan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011