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mumpulu
mu-MPU-lu
bedbug
French: punaise de lit
Mumpulu ezali koswa mwana na mbeto na butu.
Bedbugs are biting the child in bed at night.
Les punaises de lit piquent l'enfant au lit la nuit.
Mumpulu — the bedbug; a flat, blood-sucking insect that hides in mattress seams and wooden furniture. A household pest across urban Congo; their bites cause intense itching. Controlling mumpulu is a persistent challenge in densely packed urban housing.
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