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kotonga
koh-toh-nga
build
French: construire / bâtir
Bazali kotonga ndako.
They are building a house.
Ils construisent une maison.
To build — the slow rising of walls. Kotonga is to build. From a single ndako to a whole engumba, kotonga is patient work — the mason, the carpenter, the family pooling for blocks.
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