A coconutty taste... in your language

[Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا‎]

http://yubbi.com/blog/world-coconut-day-2015/

Please don't forget someone who has stood by silently and supported Goa and her people over the centuries. Embellishing vastly our food, shelter, intoxicants, handicrafts, economy, scenery, sweet dishes, and much, much more.

This long list (courtesy Prof Sebastian Borges) of Konkani words gives a hint of the role the coconut has played in our lives over the generations:

The following 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.  

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.region.india.goa/97088

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[antonio CABA]

What I understand by some of the words found in the list:

1. xelanno = coconut plucked without dropping to the ground

2. bonddo = (also) that which has been pierced and is without flesh or water

3. adduk = (also) attoulam, attolam

4. soy = (also) chun

5. grater = adolli

6. shell = kott'tti ?

7. piddo = starting portion of the palm leaf

8. sampddo = fronds folded on one side

The above terms are as I have heard and used them.

RC

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[Joaquim Loiola Pereira]

In this welcome mine of coconut-related Konkani words -- a fifth of which was unknown to me -- I expected to find the word 'adolli,' also because I have been wanting to find a single English and Portuguese word to translate it from our 'mãi-bhas.' The two English-Konkani dictionaries I use DESCRIBE 'adolli' in these or similar words: "a kind of curved blade fixed to a flat wooden stool for cutting vegetables, grating coconuts, cleaning fish and so on." There is not a single-word synonym of 'adolli.'

Would anyone know to translate 'adolli' into English and/or Portuguese in one single word?

Adim-fuddench Dev Borem Korum!

Loiola.

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