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nkese
NKE-se
grief / sorrow
French: chagrin / regret
Azali na nkese na motema.
He has sorrow in his heart.
Il porte du chagrin dans le coeur.
Grief, sorrow, regret (gloss corrected; the OCR’d'one-million was wrong). Nkese names heart-pain, often after loss. Pairs with mawa (sorrow) in laments and prayers.
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