benab

Guyanese Creole English

Umana Yana - de big benab in Georgtown

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indigenous language. (This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. )

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.næb/

Noun

benab

1. a conical palm thatched hut of Amerindian origin

Descendants

• → English: benab

References

• Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 16