noun · femininefirst declension
banāna
banāna f (genitive banānae)
Classical[baˈnaː.na]Ecclesiastical[baˈnaː.na]
Meaning
- New Latinbanana
Illi amicabiliter ad navem noſtram appellentes, tantum Cocorum ac Bananarum nobis obtulerunt numerum, ut quilibet in navi nuces 50. duos Bananarum corbes eo die lucraretur.
1619, Americæ pars undecima: Seu descriptio admirandi itineris a Guilielmo Schouten Hollando peracti: […], Oppenheim: Typis Hieronymi Galleri, page 41:Tabaci, Cocorum, Bananarum, oryzæ, piſorum, fabarum, porcorum, gallinarum & piſcium nobis faciebant copiam.
1622, Antonio de Herrera [y Tordesillas], translated by C[aspar] Barlæus, Novus Orbis, Sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis, […], Amsterdam: Apud Michaelem Colinium Bibliopolam, ad insigne Libri Domestici, page 71:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | banāna | banānae |
| genitive | banānae | banānārum |
| dative | banānae | banānīs |
| accusative | banānam | banānās |
| ablative | banānā | banānīs |
| vocative | banāna | banānae |
Origins
Internationalism. Vowel length cannot be properly ascribed, but the word-stress is surely on the second syllable.