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nkute
NKU-te
steam / sweat
French: sueur / vapeur
Molunge makasi, nzoto ezali kobima nkute.
The heat is intense, the body is sweating.
La chaleur est intense, le corps transpire.
Nkute — sweat, steam, the rising heat from the body or a pot. Kinshasa's'heavy molunge (heat) makes nkute a constant companion. To "kobima nkute" is literally "to bring out sweat."
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