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buta

BU-ta

climb

Generalverb

French: grimper / monter

Mwana abuti nzete.

The child climbed the tree.

L'enfant a grimpé à l'arbre.

To climb — going up, by tree, hill, or ladder. Kobuta is to climb or ascend. A child butaka nzete — climbs a tree — for mango or for fun; the word also lifts a rising road and a person who rises in life.

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