dictionary / translation Lingala

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

forest, woods

... ya zamba
wild, untamed

matungulu ya zamba
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11 examples (bandakisa zómi na mókó) ...

ngulu ya zamba.: wild boar (pig from the forest)
nyama ya zamba.: Game (animals of the forest), wild animal
mbwa ya zamba.: wolf (dog of the forest)
Tokendeki kozwa bitekuteku na kati ya zamba.: We went to pick bitekuteku inside the forest.
Kokota zamba yo moko te.: Don't go into the forest alone.
Mokolo moko, nguma akendeki bokila na zamba. Amonaki nyama moko ya monene na amelaki ye mobimba.: One day the python went hunting in the forest. He had seen a large beast and had swallowed it entirely.
zamba ya mambenga: equatorial forest
ebongi okeba. na zamba oyo baniama bazalaka ebele.: You have to be careful. In that forest are a lot of animals.
nazokende na zamba pona kokanga baniama: I'm going to the forest to catch animals.
na zamba oyo banzoi baza ebele. bokeba !: In that forest there are a lot of bees. Watch out !
abula eza nyama ya nzamba to esobe.: The baboon is an animal from the forest or the savanna.

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