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potopoto
po-to-PO-to
mud / swampy ground
French: boue / terrain marecageux
Balabala etondi na potopoto mpo na mvula.
The street is full of mud because of the rain.
La rue est pleine de boue a cause de la pluie.
Potopoto — mud, sticky wet ground. Reduplicated for the sploshy feel. Kinshasa rainy-season streets become a sea of potopoto; navigating them is its own daily skill.
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