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kalakala
ka-la-KA-la
formerly
French: autrefois / jadis
Kalakala, ezalaki na motuka te.
In the old days, there were no cars.
Autrefois, il n'y avait pas de voitures.
In the old days — when the world wore a different face. Kalakala is "long, long ago," a doubled emphatic form of kala. It marks the deeper past, the days before today's roads and lights.
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