bananaquit
English
noun
Definitions
- A nectar-feeding bird, , thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.
Etymology
Compound from English banana + English quit (small passerine bird).
Origin
English
quit
Gloss
small passerine bird
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bananagate English
- Bananaland English
- acquit English
- banana English
- banana ketchup English
- bananageddon English
- bananaless English
- bananalike English
- bananery English
- bananivorous English
- grassquit English
- nonbanana English
- orangequit English
- quit English
- quitline English
- quitrent English
- quitsies English
- quittable English
- quittal English
- ragequit English
- banana Italian
- banane French
- quiten Middle English
- banano Esperanto
- banana Welsh
- banano Ido
- bananey Manx
- ubhanana Zulu
- pinana Marshallese
- ibhanana Xhosa
- banana Tok Pisin
- banana Cornish
- bhanana Swati
- ibhanana North Ndebele
- banaana Wolof