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bololo
bo-LO-lo
bitterness
French: l'amertume
Kafe oyo ezali na bololo.
This coffee is bitter.
Ce café est amer.
Bitterness — the sharp taste, on the tongue or in the heart. Bololo is bitterness — of a medicine, a leaf, or a hard season of life. The same word that names a bitter brew names the bitterness a person swallows and carries on.
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