dictionary / translation Lingala

awa, form of a verb

infinitive : kowâ
time : (eleká kala etikalá) far past perfect (tosálá = we have worked) or (mposa) wish, subjonctif, volonté (tósála =if/for we worked)
person : third person singular (he/she)

kowâ, irregular form ! (racine : we) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to die, to decease

derived words : mowa, mowela, bowéí, liwá, mowei

see also : kokufa

áwa

here

bilenge, bozali na mikakatano ... yaka awa, tosolola.
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kota awa
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epekisami kosuba awa
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see also : sikawa

41 examples (bandakisa ntúkú mínei na mókó) ...

Azali awa te: He is not here.
Ntaba na bino elekaki awa.: Your goats passed here.
Otikaki lipa na yo awa, namelaki sucré nango: You left your bread here, I drank a soda with it.
awa molili.: It's dark in here.
na likolo pela moko awa na nse moko te akokani na yo na nguya na kembo yo 'za nzambe: in heaven as here down below there is no one that ressembles you in power and glory, you are God
nalingi kofanda awa: I want to stay here
Biso tozali awa, bango bazali kuna.: We, we are here, they, they are there.
epekisami kosuba awa: It's prohibited to pee here.
bacables ya courant ezotokatoka awa na sima ya mvula: the electricity cables cook here after a rain
Mokonzi, soki ozalaki awa, mbele ndeko na ngai akufaki té. © Yoane 11:21: Lord, if you would have been here, then my brother would not have been dead.
baboti na yo bayaki kobwaka ngunda na poto. yango wana sikoyo oza awa na biso.: Your parents came ask asylum in europe. Reason why now you're here with us.
obungi. ozalaki wapi ? - Awa, na ndaku. Nalalaki pe natalaki télé.: You disappeared. Where were you ? Here, at home. I was sleeping and watching television.
tozalaki awa epai na nga na Valentine na Rachel. Bakomaki lelo na nzanga.: We were here at my place with Valentine and Rachel. They had arrived today at noon.
oza kaka awa ?: Are you still here ?
nioso efutamaka awa na se Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): Everything down here has to be paid
mokolo ndako aleki awa: The owner of the house passed here
awa tosalaka kaka na baboti na biso: Here we are just with our parents
awa nde nazalaki kofanda tango nazalali mwana muke: It's here that I lived when I was a little child
keba ! koleka awa te ! libulu moko ezali.: Watch out ! Don't pass here ! There's a hole.
nzete moko nde ekweyi awa: There's a tree that fell here.
kaka yo nde oza koluka makambo awa: There's only you who seeks trouble here
wapi talatala oyo ezalaki awa: Where is the mirror that was here ?
kolala awa te. zonga epayi na yo.: Don't sleep here. Go home.
kokweya awa te. kende kokweya kuna.: Don't fall here. Go fall there.
mbala ya liboso oyaki awa ozalaki koyoka soni: The last time you were here, you were ashamed.
komema kiti na yo awa te: Don't bring your chair here.
tozali na molili awa penza: We are really in the dark here.
pelisa mwinda. molili eza makasi awa: Turn on the light. It's very dark in here.
esika ya kosuba eza awa te: There's no place to pee here.
aza koboya koya awa, pona nini ?: She refuses to come here, why ?
bato nyonso bazali awa, tozozela kaka yo.: Everyone is here, we're just waiting for you.
Awa biloko nyoso ezalaka ntalo.: Here everything is expensive.
nalapa ndayi nga nasuka awa: I swore, me I would stop here.
mwasi oyo atongelaka yo bilamba ayaki awa.: The lady who made clothes for you (your tailor) came here.
tozali awa tii lobi.: We are here untill tomorrow.
nalobi moto akobima awa te.: I say that nobody will leave here.
sala nyonso olingi po nakuta ye awa te !: Do everything you want so that I don't find her here.
Ndenge naza awa, nazokufa na nzala.: Like I'm here now, I'm dying from starvation.
Ndenge nini osali pona kokota awa ?: How did you do it to enter here ?
mwasi kitoko, yaka awa.: Pretty girl, come here.
soki todusoli awa tokokoma noki: If we take a shortcut here, we'll arrive early.

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