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lahing
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Coconut.
Cocos nucifera
Pī kew norok lahing.
Go and cut coconuts.
Piyek kayu' lahingnen?
How many pieces of coconut does he have?
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Coconut palm; land planted with coconuts.
Langkew lahing miya'an.
That coconut tree is tall.
Piyem po'on lahingnen?
How many coconut palms does he have?
Luha lahingnen.
His land with coconuts is extensive.
po'on lahing
Coconut palm (lit. the source of the coconut).
The coconut palm is not classified as a tree, but as an item by itself. Normally the palm is referred to just as lahing but the compound is used to state unambiguously that the palm is being talked about.
lahingan, kalahingan
Coconut grove.
A'a iyan luha lahingannen.
The coconut grove of that person is extensive.
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VARIETIES OF COCONUTS
bulan yellow variety
kappal small, green variety
kokoped (cocofed, a dwarf variety promoted by Cocofed)
limba' reddish, orangy variety
tayi' lahing
Final residue, solid matter (left when coconut milk is cooked down to oil).
Ānanun ne tayi' lahing isellan iyan.
Remove the solid matter from that oil.
akal gemmi'
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