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niyug
Coconut; coconut tree; coconut plantation; copra.
Tud luha niyug jama naa.
That person's coconut plantation is very big.
mag-
To make one's living from copra; to have a business buying and selling copra.
Jama looy ya' bay luu kamadjuhan na magniyug.
That person's livelihood hasn't seen any improvement from buying and selling copra.

PARTS OF THE COCONUT NUT

kuwit outer husk
hungut shell
isi meat
bohe' juice or water
STAGES OF GROWTH OF
THE COCONUT NUT
tingkoga' very young immature
bohe' niyug having a thin layer of soft meat
niyug toa semi-ripe
lahing mature (husk is still green)
mattik mature (husk is green and brown)
tahak very mature (husk is brown)
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