There’s a wonderful book “The Meaning of Tingo and other extraordinary words from around the world” by Adam Jacot de Boinod.
Although I
didn’t find any references to pineapple at all I learnt about some unusual foods:
poronkieli (Finnish) reindeer tongue
acitron (Mexican Spanish) candied cactus and
Lele (Hawaii) a wild banana used for love magic.
And my new favourite word which has nothing to do with
pineapple is . . . achaplinarse
(Spanish, Central America) which means to hesitate and then run away in the manner
of Charlie Chaplin, Anne.
Q: Why did the pineapple stop in the middle of the
road?
A: Because he ran out of juice.
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