Jump to content

בננה

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Hebrew

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /banana/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

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

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

Declension

[edit]