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kolela
koh-leh-la
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French: pleurer
Mwana azali kolela.
The child is crying.
L'enfant pleure.
To cry — the heart's'outward water. Kolela is to cry, weep, lament. From a child's bumped knee to a family's mourning, the word names every honest tear.
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