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

  • Jack@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago
    • 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
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    • 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)