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tarin

Bingham

tæ/rin

va. taken out or removed unscraped, as the kernel from the shell.
n. a portion of the kernel of a ripe coconut which comes out in a piece while it is being scraped.

Sabatier

tarin

n. a piece cut off.
ex. e a tarin: it is cut, cut up.
vc. katarina: to cut up, to cut in pieces (the kernel of coconut with special knife) (copra knife).