painap

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English pineapple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛːnəp/

Noun

painap

1. pineapple

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English pineapple.

Noun

painap

1. pineapple
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎^[1], →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

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Synonyms

• ananas