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kosiba
ko-SI-ba
to hang out / chill (slang)
French: flaner / trainer
Bana batuka bazali kosiba na wenze.
The young guys are chilling at the small market.
Les jeunes flanent au petit marche.
Kosiba — to hang out, to chill (modern Kinshasa street slang). The verb of unhurried social loitering: at the wenze, on a stoop, at a nganda. A core verb of urban youth culture.
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