For fruits, seeds (patient ma-) to be slightly yellow-ripe.
Refers to rice grains, pāguy, and most podded fruits, as cowpea, agwat; kidney bean, buddīlah; mung bean, balattung. Generally refers to fruits and seeds that remain hard when fully ripe. A few fruits, as betel nuts, mama, pass from this stage to a fully yellow-ripe stage, dūlaw. Others, such as most podded fruits and rice grains, do not.