בננה
Hebrew
Etymology
Ultimately from Wolof banaana, via European languages in particular Spanish or Portuguese. The sense a girl is presumably connected to the phonological similarity to בָּנוֹת f pl (banót).
Noun
בָּנָנָה • (banána) f (plural indefinite בָּנָנוֹת, singular construct בָּנָנַת־)
- a banana
- a banana connector
- (slang, usually in the plural) a girl
Declension
Declension of בָּנָנָה
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | בָּנָנָה | first | בָּנָנָתִי | בָּנָנָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַבָּנָנָה | second | בָּנָנָתְךָ | בָּנָנָתֵךְ | בָּנָנַתְכֶם | בָּנָנַתְכֶן | |
| construct | בָּנָנַת־ | third | בָּנָנָתוֹ | בָּנָנָתָהּ | בָּנָנָתָם | בָּנָנָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | בָּנָנוֹת | first | בננותיי \ בָּנָנוֹתַי | בָּנָנוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַבָּנָנוֹת | second | בָּנָנוֹתֶיךָ | בננותייך \ בָּנָנוֹתַיִךְ | בָּנָנוֹתֵיכֶם | בָּנָנוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | בָּנָנוֹת־ | third | בָּנָנוֹתָיו | בָּנָנוֹתֶיהָ | בָּנָנוֹתֵיהֶם | בָּנָנוֹתֵיהֶן | |
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