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<phillip.pare@up.ac.za> Test tube in sotho? thuputeki A transliteration of "tube" to give thupu, although sometimes the word "lela", the singular form of "mala" from "intestines" is used. Then to test or experiment is "go leka". As a noun this become "teki". So the combination of "tube" and "test" give us thuputeki. Regards Phillip
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