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malili
ma-LI-li
cold / chill
French: froid
Mpepe ya ntongo amemi malili na mbalasa.
The morning breeze brought chill to the porch.
La brise du matin a apporté du froid à la véranda.
Malili — cold, the kind that lifts the goosebumps on a Kinshasa morning or settles into a diaspora apartment in winter. Used as both noun and adjective. The opposite pair to molunge (heat).
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