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kokufa, regular construction (root : kuf) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to die, to fail

Okokende wapi soki okufi lelo
© pvh (Letitia Nkanza Kalawuma)

mwasi akufi 6 mois après alamuki
src : Kin Makambo

see also : kowâ

derived words : kufa

17 examples (bandakisa zómi na nsambo) ...

Basusu kokufa, basusu kobotama, mokili ezalaka boye.: Some die and others get born, the world is like that.
Akufaki mpo na koningana ya mabele.: He died in an earthquake.
Soki oyo ezali ya solo, nakufa.: If that's true, I'll die.
mpepo ekweyi na wenze ya Simba Zigida. Epanzi wenze. Bato nyoso bakufi.: A plane fell on the Simba Zigida market. It destroyed the market. Everyone is dead.
tata na ye akufaki liwa ya mbalakaka.: his father died an unforeseen death
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.
kokufa nzala: to starve to death
nakokufa pona yo: I will die for you
moyibi akufi lokola mbwa likolo ya tshombo: a thief died like a dog because of a mobile phone
akufela mwasi, akufela mobali
mokolo nakokufa... ngai, mutu ya mbongo: The day I will die... me, a rich man
mama ya moninga na ngai moko akufi: The mother of one of my friends died.
soki liwa eyebaki mbongo mbele batu ya mbongo bakufaka te: If death would know money, then rich people wouldn't die.
akosi ke noko na ye akufi.: She's lying that her uncle died.
Ndenge naza awa, nazokufa na nzala.: Like I'm here now, I'm dying from starvation.
mbanda mama akufa nakoma mowumbu ya mwasi ya papa.: Since mother died, I became the slave of dad's wife.
okokende wapi soki okufi lelo: Where will you go if you die today ?

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