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engwongolo
e-ngwo-NGO-lo
drum / large metal canister
French: le bidon / le fût
Engwongolo ya mafuta ezali monene.
The oil drum is large.
Le fût d'huile est grand.
Drum — the big metal vessel for fuel and palm oil. Engwongolo is a large metal container — a drum, bidon, or jerrycan — for bulk liquids like mafuta (oil) or fuel. (A small grocery tin is a different word: tini.)
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