Ni: Jes B. Tirol
Kiling 6. 2025
HUGNA SA BUNGA SA LUBI
(Phases of a coconut)
Pasiuna
Atong tukibon karon ang hugnà sa bunga sa lubi ug uban pang mga lugpong nga adunay
kalabutan sa bunga sa lubi. Atong gamiton ang Ininglis nga sugisayod (definition) tungod
kay lisod na sabton ang Binisayâ nga mga pulong.
Bunga sa Lubí = Coconut
1.púsaw – The emerging bud of the coco tree from which the coconut will develop. (Kp: bungó;
salúlo). The stages will be púsaw, salúlo, and bungó.
2.salúlo – The fruit stems that emerge, especially in coco trees. (Kp: bungó; púsaw). The stages
will be púsaw, salúlo, and bungó.
3.bungó-The fruit pod of coconut when not yet opened; bur; spathe; spadix. Also, bungól. (Kp:
salúlo; púsaw).
4.hápaw – The start of the opening of the fruit stem when all grains are already present. (Kp:
súbwak; bánay).
5.súbwak-[SUBang + buWAK = SUBWAK]. The newly appeared fruit-stem before they open
up. (Kp: gítib; hápaw).
6.bánay – The flower of coco tree in which some eventually becomes coconuts.
7.balatungól -Tender nut of coconut. The nut has no meat yet. (Kp: pútot; tilámbò). Has wing-
like appendage.
8.pútot – The young fruit that has newly developed from a flower, especially of the coconut. No
more “wings”.
9.dalámog – The meat of coconut when still very soft and watery. (Kp: lamúglamóg; butóng).
10.ambayón – A young coconut whose meat is still very soft, thin, and syrupy. Also, ambajón;
subay-luwág. [Note: It is older than a putot, which do not have yet any meat but younger than
a butong, which has a meat fit to eat.] (Kp: subay-lúwag; butóng; sílot; ungól; láhing).
11.kalúkho – The meat of very young coconuts. (Kp: ambayón; butóng). Ambayón is still
syrupy. Kalúkho is already dry but can be scraped by the fingernails. Butóng is thicker and needs
an instrument to remove.
12.subay-luwág – A coconut whose meat is still very soft and syrupy. It is a little bit harder than
the ambayón and kalúkho. Also, ságbay-luwág. (Kp: ambayón; kalúkho; butóng; sílot;
ungól; láhing).
13.butóng – The young coconut whose meat is soft and good to be eaten fresh. (Kp: ambayón;
subay-lúwag; sílot; ungól; láhing).
14.sílot – A young coconut whose meat is harder than the butóng but softer than the ungól; the
stage of the coconut meat itself. (Kp: ambayón; butóng; ungól; láhing).
15.ungól – A coconut that is about to become ripe. Also, tagsíkan. (Kp: ambayón; subay-luwág;
butóng; sílot; láhing).
16.láhing – Coconut that is about to become ripe. Also, ungól; tagsíkan. (Kp: lagás; sinô; sagáy).
17.sinô – A coconut that is already ripe and fit for extracting coconut milk or coconut oil. (Kp:
láhing; lagás; sagáy; hinóg; tagsíkan). Sinô is characterized by the coconut water that could
already be shaken and produces sound. Láhing is characterized by the husk turning brown in
color. Also, sagáy, kagáy, kinô
18.tagsíkan – Coconuts that are beginning to turn brown but are not yet completely ripe. (Kp:
láhing; ungól; sinô). Tagsikan and lahing emphasizes on the discoloration of the husk. The
lähing is more brown. Ungól and sinô emphasizes on the coconut water that could be shaken.
Ungol is in the beginning stage and sinó is in the final stage. Usually the tagsíkan stage of
ripening is also the ungol stage.
19.lagás – Matured fruit, as coconut or ear of corn that is ready for harvest. (Kp: híngkod; hinóg;
sagay).
20.ságbay sa ísip – A coconut that is already very mature. (Kp: láhing).
21.túgkan – (b.p. turók). To have some sprout, as seed with a sprout. (Kp: gítib; tádlok).
22.lipóng – 1. A coconut whose husk is already dark or black and fibrous. (Kp: láhing). 2. A
coconut that is overly mature and its meat are no longer good to eat but good for extracting oil
or feeding the pigs.
Ubang Mga Pulong (Bunga sa Lubi)
bádyet – A press to extract coconut milk (tunô) in which oil is obtained.
bagól – Coconut shell.
bakákon – (b.p. bakák). A coconut with much husk but small shell and meat. (Kp: lubakán).
balagúlan – (b.p. bagól). A kind of water container made from coconut shell. It is about 4 in
size of the original shell. (Kp: húngot; payâ).
bátak – To split; to break open, as coconuts, bamboos, or similar objects. (Kp: buák; píkas).
báy-as– A coconut with fine or delicate husk. (Kp: lupísan; palútan).
binuóngan – (b.p. búong). The halve pieces of coconut with or without the meat. Also,
balióngan. (Kp: búkong).
buáng – A coconut without any meat or water within. (Kp: búkong; lakdanbúlan).
búkong – Dried coconut, especially young, that has fallen without reaching maturity. (Kp:
buáng; lákdan og búlan; balióngan).
bunót – The husk of coconut. (Kp: umbák).
bútay – Peduncle; fruit-stalk. The stalk system of a cluster of fruit when the fruit is removed;
raphe.
bútbót – The germinated seed inside a coconut that is soft and yellowish in color. Also, buwâ.
Búwak -To bore a hole at the eye of unhusked coconut and drink the water inside.
daól – The shoot that sprout in the seed of coconuts. Also, turók.
húngot – A bowl made from coconut shell with only a small portion of the top cut out. (Kp:
pajâ; payâ; balagúlan). Pajá is made of coconut shell almost cut in half. Balagúlan is about
¾ in size of the original shell.
kábà – Coconut, due to some defect has bad meat. (Kp: buáng).
kalíbkib – Coconut meat still attached to the shell after being scraped or grated.
kalúbkob – To eat the meat of the coconut, especially the matured one. (Kp: kíbkib; úb-ob).
kinúdkod – (b.p. kúdkod). The grated meat of coconut; anything that is the result of grating.
Also, kinagód.
kulamóg – The very tender meat of the coconut. It also means the mature and hard meat of the
coconut, depending upon the context.
kuyámis – A kind of coconut. It is small, tasty, and pinkish in color and the young shell and
husk of this coconut can be chewed and eaten directly. Also, tayumánis; kujámis.
lakdanbúlan – The falling of young coconuts due to a disease of the coco tree or other causes.
The fallen coconut itself. (Kp: púlak; púwak).
lamáw – Mishmash; food for refreshment made of young coconut meat. It is mixed with its own
liquid together with milk and sugar and served fresh. Lamáw can be also used for fruits.
lána Coconut oil. The oil obtained from the coconut.
lubakán A coconut with very thick husk. (Kp: bakákon).
lugî -Copra; dried coconut meat. Also, kópras.
makapunô– (b.p. punô). A kind of coconut. Its meat is somewhat mealy and once in a while a
nut is found that is full (punô) of meat, hence its name. It is highly desired by those who
make sweets or ice cream.
púwak – Windfall; coconut that fall naturally from the raphe.
payâ -A transverse half-cut of a spherical coconut shell. It is cleaned and smoothened and used
as a cup. Also, pajâ. (Kp: húngot). In hungot the cut is at the top of the coconut shell and
only small, making the produced cup be of greater volume than payâ.
sápal – The refuse or waste product of grated coconut meat after the milk has been extracted.
Also, sápaw. (Kp: kinúdkod; úbas).
tákong – Bract; the hard sheet that encloses the flowers of coconuts.
tilós – Coconut shell-spoon; a spoon wholly made out of coconut shell.
tunô -Coconut milk.
usip – A spoon-like tool made from the edge of coconut husk. It is preferred for extracting the
young coconut meat because the meat will be more delicious. (Kp: lugít; tilós).