dictionary / translation Lingala - English [kotambola]

kotámba, regular construction (root : tamb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to advance, to go forward

kotámbola
to walk, to hike, to work
to move
to travel, to scour

derived words : etamboli

13 examples (bandakisa zómi na mísáto) ...

Tokei kotambola na zando.: We will walk on/to the market.
Tambola na mokili, bongo omona makambo. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): Go around the world and so you'll see the problems
Oyo akotambola na moyibi, akokoma mpe moyibi. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): One that walks with a thief will also become a thief.
Namiswaki lolemu kotala batambolaki bango mibale.: I bit my tongue to see them two walk.
Natambolaki longwa na motuka tii na ndako.: I walked (away) from the car towards the house.
Ata soki natamboli na lobwaku ya molili ya liwa, nakobanga mabe moko te. © bible, banzembo 23:4: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
Oyo ezali nsango ya kosunga yo pona koyeba ndenge nini kelasi ya monoko ya Lifalanse etambolaka.: This is an information to help you to know in which manner the lesson of the french language functions.
Na mboka swisi, kotambola na engunduka ezali kosalema mingi: In the country Switzerland, traveling by train is much (often) done
Tala papa na ye, alangwi masanga, atamboli abilika: Look at his father, he got drunk from the beer, he doesn't walk straight (zigzag)
ozali po na nga eyano na mikakatano, nzela ya solo ya kotambola, yesu na nga, kumama: You are for me the answer to the problems, the real way to walk, my Jesus, be praised
abandaki kotambola mbala moko akweyi na libulu: She had started to walk. One time she fell into a hole.
Makila etambolaka na misisa.: The blood runs through the vains.
Tokotambola makolo pona tokonda mukie.: We'll walk by foot so that we might slim a bit.

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