banaan

See also: Banaan

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bananne (archaic)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /baːˈnaːn/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧naan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

banaan 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

• bakbanaan
• bananenboom
• bananenbrood
• bananenplant
• bananenrepubliek
• bananenschil
• gaan met die banaan

 

Descendants

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

Estonian

Etymology

From German Banane.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

banaan (genitive banaani, partitive banaani)

1. banana

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

1. Veldeke spelling of Banaan

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch banaan, from Portuguese banana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈnaːn/, /bəˈnaːn/

Noun

banaan c (plural bananen, diminutive banaantsje)

1. banana

Derived terms

• bananerepublyk

Further reading

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