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birika

bi-RI-ka

kettle

Generalnoun

French: la bouilloire

Tia mai na birika.

Put water in the kettle.

Mets de l'eau dans la bouilloire.

Kettle — the small vessel of tea and welcome. Birika is a kettle or teapot. Water set to boil in the birika often means a guest has come, for tea offered is hospitality made visible: "tia mai na birika," put water in the kettle.

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