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kobondisa
ko-bo-NDI-sa
to calm / comfort
French: calmer / consoler
Mama ayebi kobondisa mwana.
The mother knows how to comfort the child.
La mère sait consoler l'enfant.
To comfort — soothing what is troubled. Kobondisa (the causative of kobondo, to beg or supplicate) is to calm or console someone. The mother who kobondisa a crying child is the picture: a low voice, gentle hands, fear turned softly down.
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