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boyibi
bo-YI-bi
theft
French: le vol
Boyibi ezali mabe.
Theft is bad.
Le vol, c'est mal.
Theft — the broken trust a community condemns. Boyibi is theft, from koyiba, to steal. In close-knit compounds where doors stay open, boyibi is a serious breach — "boyibi ezali mabe," theft is wrong, plainly said.
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