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mofoti
mo-FO-ti
maggot / grub
French: ver / asticot
Nyama ya kofwama ebotisi mofoti.
The rotting meat has bred maggots.
La viande pourrie a produit des asticots.
Mofoti — maggot or grub; the larval form of flies found in decaying organic matter. In traditional medicine, some healers use cleaned fly larvae to debride wounds — a practice known in many cultures. In everyday speech, calling food "mofoti" is a severe insult.
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