dictionary / translation Lingala

batike, form of a verb

infinitive : kotika
time : (ezalisi) simple present (I work, I dance,...) or present perfect (I have worked, I have danced,...) (-i)
person : third person plural (they)

kotika, regular construction (root : tik) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to leave, to abandon

eloko eleki tika eza te
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tika mutuka libanda
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derived words : etike, kotikala, etika

24 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na mínei) ...

Otikaki lipa na yo awa, namelaki sucré nango: You left your bread here, I drank a soda with it.
tika makelele !: stop the noise !
tika ngai nye: Leave me in peace
Natiki komela likaya banda lelo.: I abandon smoking from today on.
Tika makelele ya pamba pamba, suba olala: leave that noise for nothing, pee, that you'd sleep
Soki olingi kozwa engunduka, bisika ya kotika motuka ezali.: If you want to take the train, there are places to leave the car (parkings).
lolenge boni ebongi bayebisa yo pona otika komela kisi oyo: How should they let you know to stop taking that medicin ?
lolenge boni nakoki koloba na mobali oyo pona atika nga kimia: How can I talk to that man so that he'd leave me in peace ?
nani alie biloko na ngai oyo natikaki ?: Who ate my food that I had left ?
kotika bana bango moko te: Don't leave the children alone.
kotika ngai te, Yawe, nazali mwana na yo: Don't leave me, Lord, I'm your child.
bozala na bomoko. botika kosuana boye: Be united. Stop arguing like that.
tika koganga makasi: Stop shouting hard.
tika kolembola sani boye: Stop licking the plate like that.
tika nzungu polele pona biloko ebela malamu: Leave the cooking pot open so that the food cooks well.
kotika mulangi polele te. kanga yango.: Don't leave the bottle open. Close it.
okoya kotela makasi pamba, tika kopakola mafuta wana: You risk to get very clear for nothing, stop applying that cream.
tika kosala mokinza.: Stop farting.
eloko eleki tika eza te: there is nothing better than to leave it.
Tika kobeta mukinza liboso na ngai: Stop farting in front of me
Naza mwasi na ye te. Tika kotungisa ngai sikoyo.: I'm not his wife. Stop disturbing me now.
akeyi kotika mwasi na ye.: He went to drop off his wife.
Soki olingi ke libala na biso ezala malamu, tika kokengela ngai.: If you want our marriage to be good, stop controlling me.
Esili te. Nakotika ye boye te.: It's not over. I will not leave her like that.

plural of "tiké"

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

ticket, ticket (transportation)

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1 example (ndakisa mókó) ...

po na kozwa bis okoki kosomba tiké po na mokolo moko, sanza moko to mbula mobimba.: To take the bus, you can buy a ticket for one day, one month or a whole year.

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