Where does “bakba” come from?

bakba (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch bacove, from Portuguese pacova, from Old Tupi pakoba, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pakoβ — a fruit or plant similar to the banana.

bakba (Sranan Tongo): banana (Musa sapentium)

Definitions

  1. banana (Musa sapentium)

Ancestry of “bakba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbacovebanana
2Portuguesepacovabanana
3Old Tupipakobabanana
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pakoβa fruit or plant similar to the banana

Words derived from “bakba”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pakoβ →