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mbula
MBU-la
rain / year
French: pluie / année
Mbula enoki makasi mpe ebebi nzela ya zando.
Heavy rain fell and ruined the market road.
Une pluie forte est tombée et a abîmé la route du marché.
Mbula — rain, and also year. The two meanings share one word because Congolese reckoning of years counts the rainy seasons: how many mbula has a child seen, how many mbula since you came home. The same word for the weather that defines the year and the year itself.
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