copra

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, skull). Doublet of kapala.

Pronunciation

Noun

copra (countable and uncountable, plural copras)

  1. The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
    • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
      She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.

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French

Noun

copra m (plural copras)

  1. Alternative spelling of coprah

Irish

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Etymology

From English copra, from Portuguese, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, skull).

Noun

copra m (genitive singular copra)

  1. copra (dried kernel of coconut)

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
copra chopra gcopra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Verb

copra

  1. inflection of coprire (to cover; to heap):
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra), from Sanskrit कपालः (kapālaḥ, skull).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: co‧pra

Noun

copra f (plural copras)

  1. copra (dried kernel of coconut)

Descendants

  • English: copra, coprah
  • French: coprah
  • Irish: copra