Also language__Malay naŋka ‘a fruit; specifically the jack, Artocarpus integrifolia; but covering also the soursop, another jackfruit, Artocarpus lanceaefolia, and two other plants: Mallotus macrostachyus and Nauclea purpurascens or Sideroxylon malaccense’, language__Karo Batak naŋka ‘jackfruit tree and fruit: language__Balinese naŋka ‘breadfruit tree and fruit: Artocarpus integrifolia’, language__Mongondow naŋga ‘jackfruit: Artocarpus integrifolia’.

The history of this word remains somewhat unclear. Merrill (1954:153) notes that the jackfruit “although now widely distributed in the archipelago and frequently planted, was an early introduction from tropical Asia.” By ‘tropical Asia’ he presumably means India, although no further information is given. Since the word occurs in language__Old Javanese and has spread into a number of Philippine languages, it is likely that its introduction into the Austronesian family goes back at least a millennium. Its appearance in language__Chamorro presumably is due to contact with Philippine languages such as language__Tagalog during the centuries of Spanish occupation of the Marianas.