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bapolisi, form of a verb

infinitive : kopola
time : (ezalisi) simple present (I work, I dance,...) or present perfect (I have worked, I have danced,...) (-i)
person : third person plural (they)
infixe : -is : causative ( to make/let ... )

kopola, regular construction (root : pol) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to get moldy, to get wet, to rot, to get spoiled
to lose a confrontation, a match or competition
to be soaked

kopolisa
to soak

7 examples (bandakisa nsambo) ...

Pilipili epoli.: The chilipepper is rotten.
nioso epoli na mvula.: everything is soaked by rain
masoko solo ya fumbwa epola banda sanza moko: buttocks that smell like fumbwa that is rotten since a month
madesu na suki, eza madesu ya kopola: beans with hair are spoiled (moldy) beans (allusion on baldness among white people)
kopola ezali eloko ya mabe te: Losing is not something bad.
lelo baza kopola biso toza kolonga: Today they are losing and we are winning.
Mbisi oyo epoli. Bankusu batondi na kati.: That fish is rotten. Maggots are swarm inside.

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