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Sentence :

mapeka
plural of "lipeka"
lipeka, pl. mapeka (class 5/6 : li- / ma- (parts of body, fauna, flora,...))
shoulder
see also : lisásámbá
tags :
item 2 examples (bandakisa míbalé) ...
yo, matisa ngai na mapeka
you, let me sit on the shoulders
bilamba na ye ezali na solo ya mapeka.
His clothes smell like armpits.
item Article : mapeka or masasamba ?
we say mapeka solo or solo ya mapeka

to say "stinking armpits" or "the odor of the armpits", although...

mapeka = shoulders and armpits = masasamba

so why not say masasamba ya solo or solo ya masasamba ?

in fact, originally we said : solo ya nse ya mapeka (the smell from under the shoulders),
but since lingala speakers love to abbreviate, it became

solo ya mapeka

other words with the tag 'body' : bongó, bontólo, ebángá, lobebú, ebekú, ebelo, ebóbó, eboló, edádá, elongi, enama, esóngó, kíngó, libéle, liboló, libolongo, libumu, lifuni, likata, lokolo, lino, linzáka, lipeka, lisisa, liso, lisókó, litáma, litoyi, lokéto, lolemo, loposo, makilá, mandéfu, lisásámbá, lobebo, mbunzu, moyoyo, mofáti, mokongo, mongóngó, mopanzí, mosapi, motéma, mupende, monoko, mutolo, motó, nkúki, tólo, nzóto, poso, pótá, nsima, losúki, zólo, litói, lomposo, lobôko, lisu, kunza, kovo, lolému, súki, engóngólo, monzômbâ, nkíngó, ntólo, mompúlúlú, likundú, motolú, mosopó, libale, mosómba, likáká, etindi, mopende, búnya, lolemu, mbángá, mingayi, motshopo, zémi, etambe, libandi, likosi, linu, lopiko, libundi, lokíkí, manduta, muika, mopiko, nkunki, sóka, soyi, lolemo, lokéto, mpótá, lotó, monsisá, mutema, libondi, goró, lotókó, mpanzí, litolú, motoló, ndéfu, mimbebo, mokunza, mposo, lokíkí, nsóka, monpúlúlú, ebebú, liliká, mataku, mosai, libinzi
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