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copra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɒ.pɹə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra). Cognate with Tamil கொப்பரை (kopparai), Kuvi କବ୍ରି (kobri), Sanskrit कूर्पस (kūrpasa), Hindi खोपा (khopā).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
   • The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west. 1993, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018, page 188:
   • She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him. 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:

Forms

Deriveds

copra itch

Translations (41)

lt kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · it copra (dried kernel of coconut) · nl kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · sw nguta (dried kernel of coconut) · gu કોપરું (dried kernel of coconut) · mr खोबरे (dried kernel of coconut) · ja コプラ (dried kernel of coconut) · hu kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · tl kalibkib (dried kernel of coconut) · da kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · uli cho (dried kernel of coconut) · hi गरी का गोला (dried kernel of coconut) · id kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · fi kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · uk копра (dried kernel of coconut) · tl kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · ca copra (dried kernel of coconut) · sv kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · fr coprah (dried kernel of coconut) · bg ко́пра (dried kernel of coconut) · te కొబ్బరి (dried kernel of coconut) · no kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · pt copra (dried kernel of coconut) · es copra (dried kernel of coconut) · zdj mbatra (dried kernel of coconut) · fa مغز نارگیل (dried kernel of coconut) · bcl lukad (dried kernel of coconut) · sh ко̏пра (dried kernel of coconut) · de Kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · cs kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · ta கொப்பரை (dried kernel of coconut) · ru ко́пра (dried kernel of coconut) · ml കൊപ്ര (dried kernel of coconut) · he קופרה (dried kernel of coconut) · pl kopra (dried kernel of coconut) · ga copra (dried kernel of coconut) · kok khobrem (dried kernel of coconut) · sh kȍpra (dried kernel of coconut) · km ខូប្រា (dried kernel of coconut) · war lugit (dried kernel of coconut) · el καρυδόψιχα (dried kernel of coconut)