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koumela
ko-u-ME-la
delay
French: tarder / s’attarder
Akoumela mingi te.
He won't be long.
Il ne sera pas long.
To delay — making the wait longer. Koumela is to delay or take a long time. "Akoumela mingi te" — he won't be long — is the small reassurance whispered at the door.
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