Agutaynen - kopras

kopras

Copra.

This is the meat from matured coconuts which is dried in the sun or in special ovens. It is then packed into large burlap sacks and sold to buyers. Copra is used in making coconut oil and other products.

kopra

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To make copra from coconuts.

Magkopras ami mandian ong Villa Fria komo makinit da.

We'll make copra in barangay Villa Fria now because the sun is hot.

Anda ray makopras.

There is no longer anything to make copra from. (This is a figurative expression meaning that the person is deaf. The expression is a play on words. A homonym of bengel, meaning ‘deaf’, is the stage of the coconut which cannot yet be made into copra. See bengel-1 and bengel-2.)