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likundu
LI-kun-du
belly / inner self (witchcraft sense)
French: ventre / siege interieur
Likundu na ye etondi na bilei.
His belly is full of food.
Son ventre est plein de nourriture.
Likundu — the belly, the inner organ, and in Kongo traditional belief, the seat of hidden power said to underlie kindoki (witchcraft). Used literally for the full stomach and figuratively for the inner source of moral or occult force. Treated with care in conversation.
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