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baboya, form of a verb

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

koboya, regular construction (root : boy) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to refuse (refusal to accept), to disdain, to disown, to deny, to refute, to repudiate, to drop, to abandon

koboyana
to abandon eachother
to divorce, to break up (relations)

goût na Loya, jamais naboya !
src : Loya

see also : kopíma

7 examples (bandakisa nsambo) ...

leta aboyi mapapa ekota na kati ya centre ville: the state refuses that slippers enter the city center
naboyi biloko nionso ekopesa litomba te: I refuse everything that will not give a benefit
aza koboya koya awa, pona nini ?: She refuses to come here, why ?
oza na posa ya koboya yango to oza na posa ya kondima ?: You'd like to refuse that or you'd like to accept ?
Kosenga ye te. Akoboya lisusu.: Don't ask her. She will refuse again.
kipe ya yo baboya basambua: mind your business, they don't want to get shamed

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