banana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bə-näʹnə
rhymes: -ɑːnə
ipa: /bəˈnɑː.nə/
note: Indic
ipa: /bəˈnɑ.nɑ/
enpr: bə-nănʹə
rhymes: -ænə
ipa: /bəˈnæ.nə/
Forms: form: bananas
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”.
Senses: examples: text: Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.
text: I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.
ref: 2017, Sam Shepard, chapter 27, in Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
glosses: An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
glosses: 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.
glosses: A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.
synonyms: Twinkie
glosses: A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
glosses: A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect
examples: text: The fact that the cop bought O'Brien a beer after feeling of his banana suggests that it must have been a promising one
ref: 1986, Christopher Street, Cop Feels of Three Men's "Privates", volume 10:
text: 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.
ref: 2012, Sarah Miynowski, Fishbowl, page 36:
text: 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.
ref: 2014, Anthony Bunko, Lord Forgive Me, page 71:
text: He adds that after eating his banana (sucking his penis), he wants anal sex, but she asks him to lick her pussy. Then he tells her no because it is disgusting.
ref: 2017, Intimate Relationships in Cinema, Literature and Visual Culture, page 234:
glosses: The penis.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A banana kick.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A banana equivalent dose.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
glosses: An incorrectly held handstand, often seen in beginners.
Hypernyms: sense: fruit
word: fruit
sense: Asian assimilated into Western culture
word: race traitor
Hyponyms: sense: Asian assimilated into Western culture
word: jook-sing
Coordinate terms: sense: Asian assimilated into Western culture
word: egg
sense: Asian assimilated into Western culture
word: coconut
sense: Asian assimilated into Western culture
word: Oreo
sense: fruit
word: finger
sense: fruit
word: hand
Derived terms: 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
banana-like
bananalike
banana lounge
banana lounger
banana melon
banana money
banana-nose
banana nose
banana note
banana oil
banana orbit
banana paper
banana passionfruit
banana peel
banana pepper
bananaphile
banana-phile
bananaphobia
banana phone
banana plug
banana pose
banana prawn
banana pudding
bananaquit
banana republic
bananarita
banana roll
bananas
banana seat
bananas Foster
banana shallot
banana-shaped
banana shot
banana skin
banana slice
banana slug
banana solution
banana spider
banana split
banana squash
bananatini
banana-y
banana yucca
bananery
bananivorous
bananoid
bandango
banilla
banoffee
banoffee pie
banoodles
bush banana
Cavendish banana
coconana
don't buy green bananas
false banana
Flying Banana
have one foot on a banana peel
if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
make like a banana and split
nonbanana
one-banana problem
pink banana
prairie banana
red banana
scarlet banana
second banana
snow banana
strawbana
textile banana
top banana
tough bananas