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mpunda
MPU-nda
horse / donkey
French: cheval / âne
Mobali amati na mpunda mpo na kokende mosika.
The man rode a horse to go far away.
L'homme est monté sur le cheval pour aller loin.
Mpunda — horse or donkey; not native to equatorial Africa but present through trade and colonial introduction. In the DRC, horses are associated with wealth and colonial administration; donkeys with heavy rural labour.
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