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mpamba
MPAM-ba
useless / in vain
French: inutile / en vain
Mosala na ye nyonso ezali mpamba.
All his work is in vain.
Tout son travail est vain.
Mpamba — useless, vain, for nothing (extended sense of #611 mpamba = empty). Likambo ya mpamba = an empty matter; maloba ya mpamba = empty words. A pointed word used to call out wasted effort.
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