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koboma

koh-BO-ma

kill

Generalverb

French: tuer

Koboma moto ezali lisumu.

To kill a person is a sin.

Tuer quelqu'un est un péché.

To kill — the heaviest verb the language owns. Koboma is the infinitive "to kill." The hunter's catch and the gravest commandment share this root; "koboma moto ezali lisumu" — to kill a person is a sin — carries the weight of every faith spoken here.

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