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kobima makila
koh-bee-ma ma-kee-LA
bleed
French: saigner
Mpota ezali kobima makila.
The wound is bleeding.
La plaie saigne.
To bleed — literally "blood coming out." Kobima makila is to bleed — kobima (to come out) joined to makila (blood). A cut, a nosebleed, a wound — the words come honest and plain, naming what the eye already sees.
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