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kokoto
ko-KO-to
smallpox
French: la variole
Kokoto ezali bokono ya makasi.
Smallpox is a severe disease.
La variole est une maladie grave.
Smallpox — the old, marked disease. Kokoto is smallpox, a sickness elders remember with dread. Vaccination has tamed it; the word remains in the language as a memory of harder days.
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