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matanga

plural of "litangá"

litangá, pl. matanga (class 5/6 : li- / ma- (parts of body, fauna, flora,...))

a drop

matánga (class 6 : ma-)

mourning, wake, funeral

see also : mokúya, pili

3 examples (bandakisa mísáto) ...

ebembe ya soso, matanga te.: no mourning for the cadaver of a chicken
toza kokende na mboka pona matanga.: We're going to the village for a mourning.
kopanza matanga: they whitdrew the mourning