dictionary / translation Lingala - English [botomboli]

botomboli, form of a verb

infinitive : kotómba
time : (ezalisi) simple present (I work, I dance,...) or present perfect (I have worked, I have danced,...) (-i)
person : second person plural (you)
infixe : -ol : reversive ( the opposite of ... or conversive )

kotómba, regular construction (root : tomb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to carry
to merit, to deserve, to earn

to raise (to put up straight)
to charge, to use

kotómbela
to carry for ...
to bless, to give hope, to wish ... for ...

kotómbola
to lift
to increase
to develop

kotómbisa
to let charge

tombola bendele
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bendele ekweya te !
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see also : litómba

derived words : botómboli

5 examples (bandakisa mítáno) ...

Tombola maboko likolo.: Lift your hands up.
alokotaka na nse atomboli likolo: He picks up from the ground, he lifts up.
tombola bwaka: "pick up, throw away" = clothes and other things you throw away for the poor, second hand clothes
tombola mosapi na yo likolo: raise your finger in the air.
tombola bendele: raise the flag

botómboli (class 14 : abstract nouns - no plural)

elevation
increase
development

derived from : kotómba

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