jackfruit pineapple 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Assamese
Lexeme 1 kõthal (কঁঠাল)
Lexeme 2 matikõthal (মাটিকঁঠাল)
Meaning 1 jackfruit
Direction
Meaning 2 pineapple
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment mati (মাটি) 'ground'
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Cantonese Chinese
Lexeme 1 bo1 lo4 mat6 (菠蘿蜜)
Lexeme 2 bo1 lo4 / bo1 lo3* (菠蘿)
Meaning 1 jackfruit
Direction
Meaning 2 pineapple
Reference English Wiktionary
Comment Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou), Macau, Guangzhou (Panyu), Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu), Guangzhou (Conghua), Guangzhou (Zengcheng), Foshan, Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai), Foshan (Shunde), Foshan (Sanshui), Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming), Zhongshan (Shiqi), Zhuhai (Qianshan), Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka), Zhuhai (Doumen), Jiangmen (Baisha), Jiangmen (Xinhui), Taishan, Taishan (Guanghai), Kaiping (Chikan), Enping (Niujiang), Heshan (Yayao), Dongguan, Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an), Nanning, Nanning (Tanka), Wuzhou, Yulin, Hepu (Lianzhou), Guiping, Guiping (Jintian), Mengshan (Xihe), Guigang (Nanjiang), Beiliu (Tangliao), Baise, Bobai, Lingshan, Pubei, Qinzhou, Beihai, Ningming, Hengxian, Hezhou (Pumen), Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu), Yangon (Taishan), Mandalay (Taishan)
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Derivation
Language Gan Chinese
Lexeme 1 菠蘿蜜
Lexeme 2 菠蘿
Meaning 1 jackfruit
Direction
Meaning 2 pineapple
Reference English Wiktionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme bōluómì (菠蘿蜜)
Meaning 1 jackfruit, breadfruit
Direction
Meaning 2 (dialectal Mandarin) pineapple
Reference English Wiktionary
Comment From 波羅蜜 'paramita; perfection (Buddhism)', 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 puɑ lɑ miɪt̚ 'paramita') and 波那娑 (MC puɑ nɑ sɑ 'jackfruit'). Often in clipped form bōluó (菠蘿/菠萝), possibly influenced by reanalysis of the original word as 菠蘿 + 蜜, resulting in the dropping of 蜜 'honey'. Full form in Harbin, clipped form in Formal Mandarin, Taiwan, Harbin, Muping, Jinan, Xi'an, Ürümqi. Wuhan, Chengdu, Guiyang, Guilin, Guilin (Lingui), Liuzhou, Liuzhou (Luorong), Nanning (Wuming), Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Nanjing, Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan), Dagudi (Maliba), Reshuitang (Longling), Mae Salong (Lancang), Mae Sai (Tengchong).