lamukot
lamukót with stress marks
fleshy part of fruit; to crush with hand
Usage Note
Lamukot refers both to the soft, fleshy pulp of a fruit and to the action of squeezing or crushing that soft matter with the hands. It is used in culinary and agricultural contexts when handling ripe fruit. The word captures both the material (the pulp) and the gesture (the squeezing) in a single root.
Examples
" Malambot ang lamukot ng prutas. "
Natural Translation
The flesh of the fruit is soft.
Literal Translation
Soft the flesh of fruit.
" Matamis ang lamukot. "
Natural Translation
The fleshy part is sweet.
Literal Translation
Sweet the fleshy-part.
" Kinuha niya ang lamukot ng hinog na papaya bago niya ihalo sa katas ng dalandan. "
Natural Translation
She took the flesh of the ripe papaya before mixing it with the orange juice.
Literal Translation
Took she the flesh of ripe papaya before she mix in juice of orange.
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