dictionary / translation Lingala

koluka, regular construction (root : luk) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to search

kolukaluka
to look everywhere
to manage, to investigate

tozali koluka batu ya musala
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tozoluka muana musala
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derived words : moluki, boluki, moluka

17 examples (bandakisa zómi na nsambo) ...

luka mosala: look for work
ozali kolukela ngai makambo.: you're telling me to look for problems.
Likambo munene eluka banganga Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): A big problem 'asks' for experts (a problem being big...)
nalukiluki, kasi nakuti te: I search everywhere, but I can't find (it)
Aza te. Luka libanda.: He's not there. Search outside.
Nakei na wenze koluka maputa kitoko.: I go to the market to search for a beautiful cloth.
tozali koluka muana musala. Azala moyibi te, ndoki te, ndumba te.: We are looking for a domestic aid. May it not be a thief, not a sorcerer, not a whore.
Nayebi te ! luka yo moko: I don't know ! Search yourself
Namoni ozangi eloko ya kosala. Luka ata mosala ko ! kaka koyungana boye...: I see that you lack something to do. Look even for a job, come on ! just wandering like that...
kaka yo nde oza koluka makambo awa: There's only you who seeks trouble here
nakeyi. koluka ngai te, bolimbisi.: I left. Don't look for me, please.
oza koluka mosala nini, mama ?: What job a are you looking for, mama ?
etumba ya mobali ezali koluka mwasi ya malamu pona kobala: The struggle of a man is to look for a good woman to marry.
bato misato bayaki koluka yo lelo: Three men came look for you today.
nani azoluka ngai lisusu ?: Who's looking for me again ?
luka mwasi moko oyo akolinga yo na bolingo ya solo: Seek a woman who will love you with real love.
Nazoluka nabosana, kasi nazokoka te.: I'm trying to forget but I can't.

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