I would like to add a few of that I have come across some of which may be corruptions or dialect modifications: sampddo - all fronds placed on one side of he leaf used to thatch roofs. Kanddi - the trunk of the tree. vanxe/vanshe - the rafters (from trunk) patti - beam (from trunk). bol'l - barrel from the base of the tree. kisram - shavings from the tree shelaunno - shelanno (sic) piddo - end of the frond paddeponn - cocnut plucking paddai, paddekar - plucker torluk - charge No time now to think of some more Richard cabral
---- Sebastian Borges <s_m_bor...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear Fred, The folowing are the coconut-related terms compiled in the "English - Konkani vocabulary" to be published by Goa Konkani Akademi. Almost all are taken from S.R. Dalgado's "Portuguese - Konknni Dictionary" (1905); some terms in use outside Goa have been omitted. Singular and plural forms (when given) are separated by a dash ( - ). coconut : narl - narl tender coconut : addsor - addsoram, xiallem - xiallim, girpallem - girpallim. large coconut : xelanno - xelanne. immature / unripe coconut : bonddo - bondde. incipient (button): bonddi - bonddio. empty / sterile coconut: vanz - vanzam. coconut with water dried out : adduk addkam. coconut with water dried up while on tree : moddko - moddke, moddkel’lo narl – moddkel’le narl. coconut dry and with kernel loosened from shell : guddguddo - guddgudde. coconut seedling : biyaddok - biyaddok. kernel of coconut : katolli, (tender) korkem, (soft layer) pillpo. half of a coconut kernel : vollem - vollim. grated kernel : sôy. grated kernel mixed with jogree : churn. coconut grater : kantonem - kantonim. sun-dried kernel (copra) : khobrem. endosperm or kernel of germinated coconut : morondd, murindd. peduncle of coconut : chamfem chamfim. hard shell of coconut : kortti - kortteo, (large) kortto - kortte. entire shell without kernel : belko - belke, belo - bele. laddle made of shell (in decreasing size) : dôy - doyo, dôvlo - dovle, dovli - dovleo, poddki - poddkeo. husk of coconut : soddnn - soddnnam. coir : katho, kabllo. coir rope : razu - razu, sumb - sumbam. coconut milk : narlacho ros. coconut oil : khobrel, narlel, avel. coconut shell oil: kott’ttel. coconut liquour : fenni, maddel. coconut arrack (equivalent of cashew urrak i. e. single-distilled) : mollop. coconut plucker : paddekar, paddeli, paddavi, paddavo. coconut plucking : paddo - padde. coconut tree : madd - madd. tree producing coconuts : narl-madd. tree being tapped for toddy : surê-madd, bandlolo madd. old unproductive tree : zorddul - zorddulam. young immature tree / sapling : kovatho - kovathe. bunch of coconuts : manzôr – manzri / manzoreo, penddhi - penddheo. canopy / crown : kovoll. spathe : pôy - poyo. spadix (the stalk from which a bunch hangs): xevok - xevkam, xelkem - xelkim. frond (leaf) : chuddit - chuddttam. tendermost, unopened (apical) frond : xivddi - xivddeo, ram’ – ram’. leaf bud : kunvllo - kunvlle, kunvallo - kunvalle. stalk (petiole) of frond : pirddo - pirdde. fibre-web (ligule) of frond-stalk : pisondori - pisndoreo. leaflet of a frond : chuddtti - chuddtteo. midrib (petiole) of leaflet : hir - hir, vhir - vhir. marginal fibre of leaflet : vavlli. woven mat of frond : morl - morlam. Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com