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komela tumbako
ko-ME-la tu-MBA-ko
to smoke tobacco
French: fumer du tabac
Tata amelaka tumbako te.
Father does not smoke tobacco.
Pere ne fume pas le tabac.
To smoke tobacco (corrected: komela = to drink; the standard verb for smoking is to "drink" the smoke). In Lingala one melaka likaya or melaka tumbako — drinks the cigarette or tobacco.
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