Boie'nen (Old Buhi Language)

lolokaren

Phonetic

[loːːlokɑʷrɜn]

English: Translation

A coconut fruit that is still in the process of ripening, with an endosperm that is still flexible and not as tough as a fully ripe coconut. The water inside a lolokaren coconut is sweeter than that of a fully ripe coconut

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Plants, trees and other vegetation

Food, cooking and foodways

Agriculture

Example Sentence

Masiram mato-od ka'nen ana noyog a lolokaren pa.

English: Example Sentence

It is indeed delicious to eat a still soft coconut meat.

Morphology

lokad, lolokaren, lokaden, lolokadenna, linokad, nalokad, lokadna

Notes

LOLOKAREN [loːːlokɑʷrɜn]

Example sentence:

"Kaka'nen ko ana lolokaren." (I will eat the soft coconut.)

Lolokaden (n.) [loːːlo.kɑdɜːːn]

A fully ripe coconut endosperm that is ready to be processed into copra or used to extract coconut crème.

Example sentences:

"Lokaden mo na ana noyog." (Pry out now the coconut meat from its shell.)
"Ana lolokaden a ko' gagawin ko'ng kopra." (I will make copra from the fully ripe coconut.)

Lolokaden (v.)

To pry or separate the meat from the shell of a coconut.

Example sentences:

"Lokaden mo na ana noyog." (Pry out now the coconut meat from its shell.)
"Nalokad ko na yo noyog." (I was able to pry out the coconut meat from its shell.)