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bwato
BWA-toh
canoe
French: la pirogue / le bateau
Tokatisi ebale na bwato.
We crossed the river by canoe.
Nous avons traversé le fleuve en pirogue.
Canoe — the dugout that crosses the great river. Bwato is a canoe or boat — often the pirogue carved from a single trunk. On the Congo and its tributaries, the bwato carries people, goods and fish where no road reaches.
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