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Tumbuka

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Tumbuka
boma
noun
An area or building used for government offices or a district administrative center.

“Tikuya ku boma kukagwira nchito.”

We are going to the government station to work.

Also means
  1. a walled enclosure
  2. a government station
  3. the government
  4. district

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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