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mutolo
mu-TO-lo
navel / belly button
French: nombril
Mwana azali na mutolo monene.
The child has a prominent belly button.
L'enfant a un nombril proeminent.
Mutolo (also mutolu) — the navel, the belly button. In Kongo culture the mutolo is symbolically tied to ancestry and the bond with the mother. The umbilical cord is sometimes ritually buried at home.
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