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kodefa
koh-deh-fa
borrow
French: emprunter
Nayebi kodefa mbongo te.
I don't know how to borrow money.
Je ne sais pas emprunter de l'argent.
To borrow — a small trust between neighbours. Kodefa is the infinitive "to borrow" (kodefisa is the related "to lend"). To defa salt, money or a tool — and to return it well — is the small currency of trust that holds a community together.
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