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pota
PO-ta
wound / sore
French: plaie / blessure
Tia nkisi na pota mpo ebika.
Put medicine on the wound so it heals.
Mets du medicament sur la plaie pour qu'elle guerisse.
Pota — a wound, a sore, an open injury. Cleaning a pota with water and saboni, then applying nkisi (medicine), is a daily Kongo first-aid ritual. Pota ekobika = the wound will heal.
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