pacova

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

pacová, pacoba

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pakoba.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈkɔ.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈkɔ.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈkɔ.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈkɔ.bɐ/

Noun

pacova f (plural pacovas)

(Brazil, regional) banana
Synonym: banana

Descendants

→ Dutch: bacove, bacoven (obsolete), bakove
- 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

Further reading

“pacova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
“pacova”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
“pacova”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

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