/ˈkɒ.pɹə/
OriginBorrowed from Portuguese copra, from Malayalam കൊപ്ര (kopra). Cognate with Tamil கொப்பரை (kopparai), Kuvi କବ୍ରି (kobri), Sanskrit कूर्पस (kūrpasa), Hindi खोपा (khopā).
- countable, uncountableThe dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
“The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, B”
“She burnt a small quantity of straw and copra in an earthern incense bowl and took it out to him.”
Formscopras(plural) · coprah(alternative, archaic)