菠蘿

→ Bouyei: boylof

→ Zhuang: bohloz

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

/pə⁴⁴ luə²⁴/

/pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

/pᵘɔ³³ lᵘɔ²²⁻²²⁵/

/po³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵/

/pɔ³⁵⁻³³ lɔ²²/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

/pə⁴⁴ luə²⁴/

/pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

/pᵘɔ³³ lᵘɔ²²⁻²²⁵/

/po³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵/

/pɔ³⁵⁻³³ lɔ²²/

Clipping of 菠蘿蜜 (“paramita; jackfruit”), possibly influenced by reanalysis of the original word as 菠蘿 + 蜜, resulting in the dropping of 蜜 (“honey”).

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) pineapple; hand grenade; explosive


鳳梨

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (鳳梨):
* → Japanese: 鳳(ほう)梨(り) (hōri)
* → Korean: 봉리(鳳梨) (bongni)

/fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/fəŋ⁵¹ li²⁴/

/fʊŋ²² lei̯²¹/

/fʊŋ²² lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

/hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/

/ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/

/ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

/fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/fəŋ⁵¹ li²⁴/

/fʊŋ²² lei̯²¹/

/fʊŋ²² lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

/hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/

/ɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/

/ɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

So named for the similarity between the crown of a pineapple and the tail of a male fenghuang.


黃梨

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li³⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ lɐi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ʋɔŋ¹¹ li¹¹/

/uoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡai⁵³/

/uoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi⁵³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

/ŋ̍²³⁻³³ lai²³/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li³⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ lɐi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ʋɔŋ¹¹ li¹¹/

/uoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡai⁵³/

/uoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi⁵³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

/ŋ̍²³⁻³³ lai²³/

(chiefly Malaysia, Singapore, Hakka, Eastern Min) pineapple


菠蘿蜜

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹/

/pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ mɐt̚²/

/pɔ⁵⁴ lɔ³³ mi²⁴/

/pɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/

/po⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/

/po⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/

/pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/

/pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/

/po³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bik̚⁴/

/pu⁵⁵ lu³³ miɪʔ²¹/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹/

/pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ mɐt̚²/

/pɔ⁵⁴ lɔ³³ mi²⁴/

/pɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/

/po⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/

/po⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/

/pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/

/pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/

/po³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bik̚⁴/

/pu⁵⁵ lu³³ miɪʔ²¹/

From 波羅蜜 (“paramita; perfection”), with the addition of the 艹 (“grass”) radical to indicate a plant.
The association between paramita and jackfruit may have resulted from the confusion of the two Sanskrit loanwords 波羅蜜 (MC pa la mjit, “paramita”) and 波那娑 (MC pa na sa, “jackfruit”).

(dialectal Mandarin, Northern Min, Wu) pineapple


番梨

/hueŋ³³⁻²³ lai⁵⁵/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ lai⁵⁵/

/hueŋ³³⁻²³ lai⁵⁵/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ lai⁵⁵/


五彩鳳梨

ㄨˇ ㄘㄞˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄌㄧˊ

/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/


蝟鳳梨

/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/


普亞鳳梨

ㄆㄨˇ ㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄌㄧˊ

ㄆㄨˇ ㄧㄚˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄌㄧˊ

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ li³⁵/