Fruits

1. りんぐ

   ringu

   Apple

2. ばさない

   basanai

   Banana

   Grammar Note

   Banana is basanai, i.e. basjanai "the fruit of the basho plant; banana" (the plant itself is naiuu). There is no word jiidi.

3. くにぶ

   kunibu

   Orange

   Grammar Note

   Kunibu means "the general term for oranges, mandarins and the like". Nanda has no matching sense.

4. ぶどー

   budoo

   Grape

5. いちゅび

   ichubi

   Strawberry

   Grammar Note

   Ichigu is a same-spelling different word: ?icigu means "a whole lifetime; one's life span", not the fruit. The word for strawberry is ?icubi = ichubi.

6. くゎんとぅうい

   kwantuui

   Watermelon

   Grammar Note

   Suikya is merely Japanese suika dressed up as Okinawan. 西瓜 is kwaNtu?ui / Siikwa?ui, and kwaNtu?ui is the ordinary word; -?ui is "melon" and kwaNtu is "Guangdong".

7. パイナップル

   painappuru

   Pineapple

8. やーしぐゎー

   yaashigwaa

   Coconut

   Grammar Note

   Kucha is a same-spelling different word: kuca is a place name (Kuchiya) and "the room a newly married couple use as a bedroom". The word for the fruit is 'jaasigwaa = yaashigwaa, from 'jaasi "palm" plus the diminutive -gwaa.

9. リームン

   riimun

   Lemon

   Grammar Note

   "Riimun" is a loanword from Japanese "remon" (lemon), regularly shifted by Okinawan sound correspondences (e→i, o→u: re→rii, mo→mu; cf. dejitaru→dijitaru "digital", chiketto→tiketto "ticket"). It cannot derive from "raimu" (lime), which starts with a different vowel.

10. マングー

    manguù

    Mango

11. ドゥリアン

    durian

    Durian

12. マングスチン

    mangusuchin

    Mangosteen

13. パパイヤ

    papaiya

    Papaya

14. ライチー

    raichii

    Lychee

15. ランブータン

    ranbuutan

    Rambutan

16. ドゥラグンフルーチュ

    duragunn furuuchu

    Dragon fruit

17. ロンガン

    rongan

    Longan

18. ジャックフルーチュ

    jakkufuruuchu

    Jackfruit

19. タマリンドゥ

    tamarinduu

    Tamarind

20. ばんしるー

    banshiruu

    Guava

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