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mwana ya mpata
MWA-na YA MPA-ta
lamb
French: agneau
Mwana ya mpata azali na lopango.
The lamb is in the pen.
L'agneau est dans l'enclos.
Lamb — literally child of a sheep (corrected from mwa mpata). The standard genitive: mwana ya mpata. Lambs carry Easter and Christmas associations in Christian Kongo households.
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