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bota, form of a verb

kobota, regular construction (root : bot) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to give birth

kobotama
to be born

botama congolais oyoka elengi
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derived words : mobóti, bobóto, mobótisi, bobóti

12 examples (bandakisa zómi na míbalé) ...

ozali na mibu boni ? Ozali na mbula boni? Obotamaki mobu nini?: How old are you ? (How many years do you have ?)
Basusu kokufa, basusu kobotama, mokili ezalaka boye.: Some die and others get born, the world is like that.
mokolo ya kobotama.: birthday
nabotamá na kin: I was born in Kin.
kitoko ya kobotama: natural beauty
libata abotaka maki: the duck lays eggs
okobota mokolo nini ?: When are you going to give birth ?
ndeko na ngai ya mwasi awuti kobota.: My sister just gave birth.
ndeko na ngai ya mwasi alingi kobota bana zomi: my sister wants to beare 10 children
ngai nabotama na kinshasa.: Me, I'm born in Kinshasa.
mwasi na ngai aboti likaku na esika ya mwana.: My wife gave birth to an ape instead of a child.
ngai nalingaka kobota bana mibale kaka: Me, I want to give birth to just two children.

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

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