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Mine is "guinea pig" originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.

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[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
  • Asturian: piña (Spain, via Latin)
  • Tagalog: pinya (Philippines, via Spanish)
  • Afrikaans: pynappel (Southern Africa, via Dutch like English)
  • Japanese: painappuru
  • Korean: painaepeul
  • Welsh: pîn-afal, afal pin
  • .
  • Chamicuro: mawuli (Peru)
  • Cherokee: notsiiYusdisvgata (USA)
  • Chinese, Cantonese: bo1 lo4, fung6 lei4-2
  • Chinese, Hakka: vòng-lì
  • Chinese, Hokkien: ông-lâi
  • Chinese, Mandarin: bōluó, fènglí, huánglí
  • Dusun, Central: tintingabai (Malaysia)
  • Hawaiian: hala kahiki
  • Isan: bàk-nát (Thailand)
  • Kaqchikel: ch’op (Guatemala)
  • Khmer: mnŏəh (Cambodia)
  • Lao: māk nat
  • Malayalam: kaita (India)
  • Melanau, Central: piseng (Malaysia)
  • Nahuatl: matzahtli (Mexico)
  • Ojibwe: zhingwaako-mishiimin (USA, Canada)
  • Pali: kharattaca, madhuketakī, bahunettaphala (India, SL, SE Asia)
  • Thai, Central: sàp-bpà-rót
  • Tibetan: thang 'bras
  • Vietnamese: dứa, cây dứa, thơm, cây thơm, khóm, cây khóm

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pineapple (plant)

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Japanese: painappuru

Pain-apple