Aug 14, 2022 16:40
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English term
United States
Stylish, well-researched translation
Native in: Italian 
, English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Italian to English
bana
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hiked her low-slung blue-camouflage pants up over her considerable bana, almost covering her two-inch thong-panty-T,
is bana an abbreviation for something? Thank you so much.
is bana an abbreviation for something? Thank you so much.
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| 3 +4 | backside |
Althea Draper
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Aug 15, 2022 04:44: Barbara Carrara changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "English"
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Althea Draper
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Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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backside
or, depending on which English you are translating into eg ass, butt, bottom, behind etc.
This chapter of the book is set in Taino, St Marcos, United States Virgin Islands. The woman in question is a former pageant winner who has put on 40 lbs over the past couple of years. She is being described by a woman from Texas.
Cana is a word from Virgin Islands Creole (colloquially known as Crucian dialect)
bana
Definition: polite term for "rear end" or "backside."
Examples: "She cack up she bana and swing it from lef to right" = "She danced." "If yoh don behave, I gon giyoh some good strap cross yoh baana." "Buh she ain ga no ba'na."
Alternative spellings:barna, bahna, baana, ba'na
Source: Page 72, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.
Added to by: Cornelia Nicholas, 2009.
Example: "De man, u geh toilet paper hanging from yo bahna!!"
Source: Eboni, on Facebook, 2006.
https://cruciandictionary.com/cruzandictionary/b.html
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Correction - Bana is a word from Virgin Islands Creole (colloquially known as Crucian dialect)
This chapter of the book is set in Taino, St Marcos, United States Virgin Islands. The woman in question is a former pageant winner who has put on 40 lbs over the past couple of years. She is being described by a woman from Texas.
Cana is a word from Virgin Islands Creole (colloquially known as Crucian dialect)
bana
Definition: polite term for "rear end" or "backside."
Examples: "She cack up she bana and swing it from lef to right" = "She danced." "If yoh don behave, I gon giyoh some good strap cross yoh baana." "Buh she ain ga no ba'na."
Alternative spellings:barna, bahna, baana, ba'na
Source: Page 72, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.
Added to by: Cornelia Nicholas, 2009.
Example: "De man, u geh toilet paper hanging from yo bahna!!"
Source: Eboni, on Facebook, 2006.
https://cruciandictionary.com/cruzandictionary/b.html
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Note added at 16 hrs (2022-08-15 09:30:07 GMT)
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Correction - Bana is a word from Virgin Islands Creole (colloquially known as Crucian dialect)
Peer comment(s):
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Alison MacG
: Nice research. There’s even a bit of an explanation elsewhere in the book. Ava: I freeze my bana. Pamela (laughing): She means “tush,” for those of you who haven't traveled to the islands. Maybe if you wore more clothing, Ava?
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Thanks Alison
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Yes it was clear from context what it means. But nice to know source of word
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Thanks Yvonne
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Tomasso
: Thanks for explanation, (es similar a la cancion " que lindo es su CUCU? (pues Sonora dinamita)
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Thanks Tomasso
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Thayenga
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Discussion
butt. It may depend on the origin of the one who says or writes it. I think that the style of the text should give you an idea. Nothing vulgar about it.
man1: wow that girl is fit
man2: that’s bana every guy loves don’t get ur hopes up.
Seguendo i numerosi esempi, i tanti modi in cui si usa la parola, anche a seconda dei luoghi geografici, ma soprattutto seguendo la frase tua, direi che qui si parla del lato B della persona. Il sedere. :-)))