pacova

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pacová, pacoba

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pakoba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈkɔ.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈkɔ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈkɔ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈkɔ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈkɔ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈkɔ.bɐ/ [pɐˈkɔ.βɐ]

Noun

pacova f (plural pacovas)

1. (Brazil, regional) banana

   Synonym: banana

Descendants

• → Dutch: bacove, bacoven (obsolete), bakove
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bakofu, bakof
  • Negerhollands: bakoba, bakuba
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bakofa
  • Sranan Tongo: bakuba, bakba
    • Aukan: bakuba
    • Saramaccan: bakúba
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: bakwa
  • → Lokono: bakofa
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: bacuba

Further reading

• “pacova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “pacova”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “pacova”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024