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banana

noun
/bəˈnɑː.nə/UK/bəˈnæ.nə/US/bəˈna.na//bəˈnɑːnə/UK/bəˈnænə/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, derived from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. Specific derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana), possibly from Arabic بَنَان (banān, “fingertip, banana”). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese banana. The racial slur derives from the notion that they are “Yellow (East-Asian) on the outside, but White (Westernized) on the inside”.

  1. derived from بَنَان
  2. derived from ꕒꘌꕯ
  3. derived from banana
  4. derived from banaana
  5. borrowed from banana
  6. borrowed from banana

Definitions

  1. An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a…

    An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.

    • Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.
    • I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.

  2. The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa…

    The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.

  3. A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and…

      A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.

    2. A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect

    3. The penis.

      • The fact that the cop bought O'Brien a beer after feeling of his banana suggests that it must have been a promising one
      • His you-know-what turned soft .. his eight o'clock class was the last thing on his mind five minutes ago, when his banana wasn't overripe.
      • Most of the gang were trying their best to shag the girls. One boy was sitting in a tree playing with himself and another was asking a table of teenagers if they would like to see his banana.

    4. A banana kick.

    5. A banana equivalent dose.

    6. A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).

    7. An incorrectly held handstand, often seen in beginners.

    8. Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.

      • Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case.
      • He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines.
      • [...]Bernd Schneider closed the scoring in injury-time with a 23 meter free-kick banana shot into the upper-right corner.

    9. One who objects to the building of any structure in their neighbourhood or a certain type…

      One who objects to the building of any structure in their neighbourhood or a certain type of structure anywhere, especially in public policy debate.

      • David Taylor (Letters, January 23) does not appear to be aware that the NIMBY syndrome, with all its parochial overtones, has been superseded by the all embracing BANANA syndrome – Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone.

    10. A surname.

    11. A village on Kiritimati, Kiribati.

      • The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west.

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Derived

Abyssinian banana, apple banana, banana bag, banana ball, banana belt, banana-bender, banana bender, banana bird, banana boa, banana boat, banana bond, banana box, banana bread, banana bus, banana cake, banana chair, banana clip, banana connector, banana cue, banana-ey, banana fly, banana fold, banana freckle, banana frog, Bananagate, bananageddon, banana hammock, bananahood, banana ketchup, banana knife, Bananaland, banana leaf, bananaless, bananalike, banana-like, banana lounge, banana lounger, banana melon, banana money, banana-nose · +75 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for banana. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA