dictionary / translation Lingala - English [bakabwana]

bakabwana, form of a verb

infinitive : kokabwana
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)

kokabuana, regular construction (root : kabuan) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
kokabwana, regular construction (root : kabwan) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to separate (from one another), to divorce

derived words : bokabuani, bokabwani

4 examples (bandakisa mínei) ...

maman akabuani na papa na biso: Mama has divorced our papa.
Soki bato mibale bayokani te ebongi bakabwana.: If two persons don't get along, they should separate.
tokabwana te !: let's not divide ourselves !
lopango na bango ekabwání na biténi mibale.: Their terrain is divided in two parts.

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