LL-L "Etymology" 2009.08.24 (05) [EN]

[Lowlands-L List]

===========================================
L O W L A N D S - L - 24 August 2009 - Volume 05
lowlands at lowlands-l.net - http://lowlands-l.net/
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-08)
Language Codes: lowlands-l.net/codes.php
===========================================

From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.08.24 (01) [EN]

 It is not much of a proof, but the word "banano" appears in this
http://www.songtexte.com/songtext/schobert-and-black/kleine-banditenballade-tief-in-urwald-brasiliano-33cc08f1.html
completely
freakish song that I have known for about 30 years. But maybe it is "banano"
here only because of the rhyme. It is all very banano :-)

Marlou (Hamburg)

----- Original Message -----
 *From:* Lowlands-L List <lowlands.list at GMAIL.COM>
*To:* LOWLANDS-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
*Sent:* Monday, August 24, 2009 6:10 PM
*Subject:* LL-L "Etymology" 2009.08.24 (01) [EN]

From: Brooks, Mark <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.08.23 (02) [EN]

Elsa asked: “My question is is this a new SPANISH word based on the ENGLISH
pronounciation?”

To me the word “banano” means the tree on which bananas grow.  But, I just
checked www.wordreference.com (a source that I use a lot for translating)
and it does mean banana tree, but it also means banana in Central America
and Colombia.

Mark Brooks

•

==============================END===================================

 * Please submit postings to lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org.

 * Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.

 * Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.

 * Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l")

   are to be sent to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or at

   http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.

*********************************************************************
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lowlands-l/attachments/20090824/02e4f1a7/attachment.htm>