Alternative forms bacoven (obsolete) bakove Etymology Borrowed from Portuguese pacova or pacoba (“banana”), ultimately from Old Tupi pakoba (“rolling leaf”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /baːˈkoː.və/, /ˈbaː.koː.və/ Audio:(file) Hyphenation: ba‧co‧ve Rhymes: -oːvə Noun bacove c (plural bacoven or bacoves) (Suriname) banana Synonym: banaan (obsolete) plantain Synonyms: bakbanaan, banaan Derived terms bacovewinkel Descendants 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