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bela/bele
BE-la
be ill
French: être malade
Mwana azali kobela.
The child is ill.
L'enfant est malade.
To be ill — when the body asks the family to gather. Kobela is to be sick: "mwana azali kobela," the child is ill. The words summon care, prayer, and the shared worry of a household that nurses its own.
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