banana（バナナ）
要点バナナ
意味
- バナナ;バナナの木
- 《米俗》ドル
例文
The child was feeding the monkey with the banana.
子供は猿にバナナを食べさせていた。
The monkey took a banana by means of the stick.
そのサルは棒を使ってバナナを取った。
I found the banana on a steep mountain road.
私はそのバナナの木を急な山道で見つけた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Borrowed from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, derived from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. Specific derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana), possibly from Arabic بَنَان (banān, “fingertip, banana”). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese banana. The racial slur derives from the notion that they are “Yellow (East-Asian) on the outside, but White (Westernized) on the inside”.