bacove

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bacoven (obsolete)
• bakove

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pacova or pacoba (“banana”), ultimately from Old Tupi pakoba (“rolling leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːˈkoː.və/, /ˈbaː.koː.və/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧co‧ve
• Rhymes: -oːvə

Noun

bacove c (plural bacoven or bacoves)

1. (Suriname) banana

   Synonym: banaan

2. (obsolete) plantain

   Synonyms: bakbanaan, banaan

Derived terms

• bacovewinkel

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: bakofu, bakof
• Negerhollands: bakoba, bakuba
• Skepi Creole Dutch: bakofa
• Sranan Tongo: bakuba, bakba
  • Aukan: bakuba
  • Saramaccan: bakúba
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bakwa
• → Lokono: bakofa
• → Virgin Islands Creole: bacuba