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mela
ME-la
drink / smoke (imperative)
French: bois / fume (impératif)
Mela mai ya kitoko kowuta na molangi.
Drink clean water coming from the bottle.
Bois de l'eau propre venant de la bouteille.
Mela — drink, also smoke (one "drinks" tobacco in Lingala). Context separates them: mela mai = drink water, mela likaya = smoke a cigarette.
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