translation / dictionary Lingala - English

to crush, to beat down
to break
to crunch

kobólama
to be broken
to hit, to beat

to lack, to miss, to be short of

kobolama
to lack

Ebola is a deformation of Legbala ("white water" in the Ngbandi language)

Ebola is the name of a river in the DR Congo. In 1976 it loans it's name to the virus
which was identified in a village close to where the river passes.