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mama na yo
ma-MA na YO
your mother! (severe insult)
French: ta mere (insulte tres grave)
Kofinga moto "mama na yo" ebimisaka bitumba.
Insulting someone with "your mother" triggers physical fights.
Lancer "ta mere" a quelqu un provoque des bagarres.
Mama na yo — literally "your mother." A SEVERE standalone exclamation in Kongo culture; explicitly hurling someone's mother at them as an insult is an extreme verbal assault that triggers immediate physical confrontation. The mother is sacred; this weaponizes that. Reserved for when a fight is intended.
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