dictionary / translation Lingala

basopisi, form of a verb

infinitive : kosopa
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 ... )

kosopa, regular construction (root : sop) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to debunk, to knock over
to pour, to sprinkle
to dribble (football)

komisopa
to make fool of oneself

kosopela
to pour ... on oneself

10 examples (bandakisa zómi) ...

Djo ayebaki ete kosopa zemi ezali lisumu monene, kasi makango na ye azwaki zemi, mpe Djo azalaki na likoki te ya kobala mpe kobokola mwana.: Djo knew that having an abortion is a great sin, but his fiancée got pregnant and Djo did not have the means to get married and raise a child.
osopeli ngai supu na bilamba: you poured me soup over the clothes.
sopa mayi na sima: pour water on the cement
kolongola zemi. kosopa zemi.: To commit an abortion (interrupt the pregnancy)
kosopa mai / kosopa mpowa / kobeta mai: to ejaculate
kosopa zemi: to have an abortion, to interrupt the pregnancy
Esopi yo: you've been debunked (it knocked you over)
yela ngai mayi nasopela ye.: Bring me water so that I sprinkle him.
nakomisopela mayi: I'm going to pour water on me. (quickly wash)
sopa mabele na kopo.: pour milk in a cup.

plural of "sopísi"

sopísi, pl. basopisi (class 9a/10a (2) : - / - (ba-) : plural from context (or informal/modern ba-), not with n-/m-)

type of sexually transmitted infection
The clap, Gonorrhea

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