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soni te
SO-ni TE
shameless person / brazen degenerate (derogatory)
French: sans-honte / devergonde
Mobali oyo azali soni te.
This man is a shameless degenerate.
Cet homme n'a aucune honte.
Soni te — literally "no shame." DEROGATORY label for someone who breaks heavy cultural taboos without showing remorse. Nsoni (shame, #794) carries enormous weight in Kongo culture; saying someone has soni te is to mark them as outside the social order.
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