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mbanda
mba-NDA
rival / co-wife / enemy (hostile slang)
French: rivale / co-epouse / ennemie
Mbanda na ngai ayei kotumola ngai.
My rival came to provoke me.
Ma rivale est venue me provoquer.
Mbanda — technically the co-wife in polygamous structures; in modern street slang weaponized to label any rival, hater, or romantic competitor. Flexible insult-context word; the tone of voice colors whether it sits as a neutral kinship term or an attack.
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