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English
Noun
bankra (plural bankras)
- (Jamaica) A kind of basket for transporting goods.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
bank + -ra
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: bank‧ra
Noun
bankra
- sublative singular of bank
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from Akan boŋkara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baŋkra/
- Hyphenation: bank‧ra
Noun
bankra (plural bankra dem, quantified bankra)
- basket, bankra
Pack di bankra an ram dem in. For di bankra mus' full.- Stuff as many of them as you can into the basket, because this basket needs to be full.
2002, Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), →ISBN, page 27:“BANKRA / bangkra , bóngkra / sb chiefly dial ; 1868 bankra , 1877 bunkra , 1895 bancra , 1934 bonkra ; < Twi boŋkárá ... 1934 Williams 36 , The Ashanti bonkara , a travelling basket , is the Jamaica bonkra , or as it is sometimes spelt bankra.”
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