bacove
Dutch
Alternative forms
- bacoven (obsolete)
- bakove
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pacova or pacoba (“banana”), ultimately from Old Tupi pa'kowa (“rolling leaf”). In Portuguese Wiktionary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːˈkoː.və/, /ˈbaː.koː.və/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧co‧ve
- Rhymes: -oːvə
Noun
bacove c (plural bacoven or bacoves)
- (Surinam) banana
- Synonym: banaan
- (obsolete) plantain
- Synonyms: bakbanaan, banaan