banāns
See also: banans
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Via Spanish and Portuguese banana, and probably also other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Wolof banaana, via Spanish or Portuguese.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
banāns m (1st declension)
- banana tree (tropical plant of the genus Musa, with edible elongated yellow fruits)
- banāna lapas ― banana leaves
- banānu birzis ― banana groves
- banana (the edible elongated yellow fruits of this plant)
- banānu ķekari ― banana bunches
- banānu milti ― banana flour
- ananasi, banāni, mango, granātāboli un citi tropu augļi - sulīgi, smaržīgi, saules pilni ― pineapples, bananas, mangos, pomegranates and other tropical fruits are juicy, tasty, and full of sun
- Mārītei Zanda iedeva vaska dzeltenu banānu ― Zanda gave Mārīte a yellow wax banana
Declension edit
Declension of banāns (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | banāns | banāni |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | banānu | banānus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | banāna | banānu |
dative (datīvs) | banānam | banāniem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | banānu | banāniem |
locative (lokatīvs) | banānā | banānos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | banān | banāni |