Example sentences for: copra

How can you use “copra” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • bandanna, bangle, banyan, bungalow, cheetah, chintz, chit, chop, chutney, coolie, copra, cot, cowrie, cummerbund, cushy, deodar, dinghy, dungaree, gong, gunny, guru, jungle, khaki, krait, loot, pajamas, punch, pundit, puttee, seersucker, shampoo, swami, thug, toddy, tom-tom, topee, veranda

  • Portuguese was the immediate source of four words (the Portuguese, it will be recalled, were also in India for several centuries, losing their colony of Goa only in December 1961): copra , from Hindi khopra via Malayalam koppara; machila or machilla `hammock slung from a pole,' from Hindi manzil (borrowed unchanged from Arabic) via Tamil macil or mancil; tael `unit of weight,' from Hindi tola (adapted from Sanskrit tula ) via Malay tahil ; and jambolan `Java plum,' the English version of Portuguese jambulao , from Hindi jambul .


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