nanasi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

nanasi (ma class, plural mananasi)

pineapple

Derived terms

mnanasi

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay nanas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [na.ˈna.si]

Noun

nanasi

pineapple

Alternative forms

nunasi, nasi (with haplology)

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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