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Sentence :

etumba
etumba, form of a verb
kotumba, regular construction (root : tumb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
to broil, to roast, to burn

kotumbola
to heat up
to provoke, to tease, to attack
masangu ya kotumba
masangu ya kotumba
© pvh (Letitia Nkanza Kalawuma)
derived words : etumba, etumbelo, etúmbeli, etumbele
item 3 examples (bandakisa mísáto) ...
Marie, obandi kotumbola nga
Marie, you start to provoque me.
oza kotumba bilamba pona nini ?
Why are you burning the clothes ?
boma moto okoya kotumba ndako pamba
Put out the fire. You risk to incinerate the house.
etumba, pl. bitumba (class 7/8 : e- / bi-)
battle, fight, war
bitumba na mabonza
bitumba na mabonza
© théâtre : La tempête de rire
derived from : kotumba
item 7 examples (bandakisa nsambo) ...
bokimaki bitumba
You guys have fled the war
bitumba na mabonza
the battle for the tides
abanga etumba te, abundaka mutaka !
She's not afraid of a fight, she fights naked !
bitumba ezali pili-pili mpe mungua ya libala. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly)
The fights are the pepper and the salt of the mariage.
ya nga nzoto eboya bitumba © Karlito
My body refuses fights
etumba ya mobali ezali koluka mwasi ya malamu pona kobala
The struggle of a man is to look for a good woman to marry.
etumba na ngai ezali ke bana na ngai balonga na bomoyi
My struggle is that my children may be successful in life.
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