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boma
BO-ma
kill
French: tuer
Mobali abomi nyama.
The man killed an animal.
L'homme a tué un animal.
To kill — the heaviest of verbs, for hunt or harm. Koboma is to kill — an animal for the pot, or, gravely, a person. The same root gives the hunter's catch and the commandment "koboma te," do not kill.
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