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etumbeli
e-tu-MBE-li
oven
French: le four
Tia mampa na etumbeli.
Put the bread in the oven.
Mets le pain au four.
Oven — the heat that turns dough to bread. Etumbeli is an oven, from kotumba, to bake. From it comes the morning mampa; the etumbeli is the warm heart of bakery and kitchen alike.
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