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Copra

3 stages from Malayalam to English.

Today it means the dried kernel of the coconut, used to extract coconut oil
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Stage 1 of 3
koppara
Malayalam · medieval
"dried coconut kernel"
the dried coconut kernel
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Stage 2 of 3
copra
Portuguese · 1500s-1600s
"dried coconut meat"
adopted through Portuguese trade on the Malabar coast
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Stage 3 of 3
copra
English · 1600s-1700s
"dried coconut kernel used to extract oil"
adopted through trade contact with South Asia
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