bankra

bankra (plural bankras)

1. (Jamaica) A kind of basket for transporting goods.

• Barkan

bank +‎ -ra

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒŋkrɒ]
• Hyphenation: bank‧ra

bankra

1. sublative singular of bank

• From Akan boŋkara.

• IPA^(key): /baŋkra/
• Hyphenation: bank‧ra

bankra (plural: bankra dem or bankras dem, quantified: bankra)

1. basket, bankra
   • 2002, Frederic G. Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), →ISBN, page 27:

     “BANKRA / bangkra , bóngkra / sb chiefly dial ; 1868 bankra , 1877 bunkra , 1895 bancra , 1934 bonkra ; < Twi boŋkárá ... 1934 Williams 36 , The Ashanti bonkara , a travelling basket , is the Jamaica bonkra , or as it is sometimes spelt bankra.”

   Pack di bankra an ram dem in. For di bankra mus' full.

   Stuff as many of them as you can into the basket, because this basket needs to be full.

• Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 79
• bankra – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary