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liyoyo
li-YO-yo
cricket / cicada
French: grillon / cigale
Liyoyo ezali koyemba na zamba na butu.
The cricket is singing in the forest at night.
Le grillon chante dans la forêt la nuit.
Liyoyo — the chirping cricket or cicada whose song fills the equatorial night. The sound of liyoyo is the acoustic backdrop of village evenings across the Congo Basin.
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