Usage Note
Kamansi refers to Artocarpus camansi, the breadnut or seeded breadfruit, a starchy tropical tree fruit native to the Philippines and New Guinea. Distinct from the seedless breadfruit (rimas), kamansi seeds are boiled and eaten as a carbohydrate staple in some regions and are common in Visayan and Tagalog culinary traditions.
Examples
" Masarap ang nilagang kamansi. "
Natural Translation
The boiled breadfruit is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the boiled breadfruit.
" May puno ng kamansi sa bukid. "
Natural Translation
There is a breadfruit tree in the field.
Literal Translation
Has tree of breadfruit in field.
" Sa probinsya, niluluto nila ang kamansi sa gata at ginagawang ulam na sinasabayan ng kanin. "
Natural Translation
In the province, they cook breadfruit in coconut milk and make it into a dish served with rice.
Literal Translation
In the province, cook they the breadfruit in coconut-milk and making-into dish that being-paired of rice.
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