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ekomela, form of a verb

infinitive : komela, komele
time : (ekoya, ndaka) future (I will work, you will dance,...)
person : third person singular or plural (objects) (it)

komela, regular construction (root : mel) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))modern version
komele, regular construction (root : mel) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to drink, to swallow
to consume, to smoke,...

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derived words : bimeli, momeli

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verbs with [ko...e]

29 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na libwá) ...

epekisami kotambusa motuka soki omeli masanga.: It's prohibited to operate a vehicle if you drunk (a drink).
omela mai: you drink water
naza na nzala. Nazoyoka nzala. Naza na posa ya komela. Naza na posa ya mayi.: I'm hungry. I feel hungry. I'm thirsty (desire to drink). I'm thirsty (desire for liquid).
Otikaki lipa na yo awa, namelaki sucré nango: You left your bread here, I drank a soda with it.
komela likaya.: To smoke (to take tobaco)
oza na miso lokola moto ameli lotoko.: You have the eyes like someone who drunk lotoko.
mai ya komela: water to drink
komela masanga ezali esengo ya mokili: To drink beer is a worldly pleasure
Natiki komela likaya banda lelo.: I abandon smoking from today on.
omelaka makaya boni na mokolo ?: How many cigarettes do you smoke a day ?
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.
komela mingi, kolangwa muke: To drink a lot, to get a bit drunk
muana moke amelaka likaya te: a small child doesn't smoke a sigaret
Nasala nini soki papa to mama amelaka bangi to alangwaka masanga: what to do when papa or mama smokes weed or is getting drunk with beer ?
ezali te po tomelaka na nganda moko, nde tokomi baninga: It's not because we use to drink at the same café, that we became friends
komela masanga ya sukali mingi te. eza malamu te po na mino.: Don't drink much sweet drinks. It's not good for your teeth.
komela mayi na ngai te: Don't drink my water
munganga alobi ebongi omela mayi mingi.: The doctor said, it's good to drink a lot of water.
lolenge boni ebongi bayebisa yo pona otika komela kisi oyo: How should they let you know to stop taking that medicin ?
olingi komela masanga nini ?: What drink would you like to drink ?
komela likaya ezali malamu te: It's not good to smoke sigarets.
aza nanu mwana muke. azomela likaya na mbula na ye.: He's still a small kid. He smokes sigarets at his age.
ebongi omela bankisi na yo pona obika.: You should take your medicin to heal.
nalingaka komela nkisi te.: I don't like to take medicin.
kanga monoko na yo pamba te okoya komela nzinzi.: Close your mouth or else you risk swallowing a fly.
Mwana ebongi amela miliki pona akola malamu.: A child must drink milk to grow well.
yela ngai masanga mbila namela.: Bring me the palm juice, so that I may drink.
mama, mela bakisi na yo oyo munganga apesi.: Mum, take your medicine that the doctor prescribed you.
pona kokola malamu ebongi komela mayi mingi: To grow well, it is good to drink a lot of water

ekomela, form of a verb

infinitive : kokòma, kokóma
time : (eleká kala etikalá) far past perfect (tosálá = we have worked) or (mposa) wish, subjonctif, volonté (tósála =if/for we worked)
person : third person singular or plural (objects) (it)
infixe : -el : applicative ( to ... for ... / to undergo )

kokòma, regular construction (root : kom) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to write

kokòmela
to write to [someone]

Oyo ekomama esi ekomama
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derived words : mokomi, ekomeli, nkomá, likomá

6 examples (bandakisa motóbá) ...

koma kombo na yo: write your name
nani mutu akomeli yo lingala ?: who is it that writes lingala to you ?
akomi kombo ya mwana na ye na buku ya lopango.: He wrote the name of his child in the plot book (property deed).
Ayebi ata kokoma kombo na ye te.: She can't even write her name.
Tanga makambo nyonso akomi: Read all that she has written.
Oyo ekomama esi ekomama: What is written, is already written

kokóma, regular construction (root : kom) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to arrive
to happen, to become
to start to ...

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masasi ya leta ekomi ya kosakana
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26 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na motóbá) ...

ekoki kokoma: it can happen
Ndaku oyo ekomi kitoko.: That house has become beautiful.
nazoya (nazali koya)... naza na nzela... nakomi: I'm coming over... I'm underway... I arrived
Mbula enokelaka ndaku ya moninga omoni yango moke, kasi mokolo ekonokela yo ekomi matata. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): When the rain fell on the house of your friend, you found it insignificant, but the day it fell on you it became a problem.
Oyo akotambola na moyibi, akokoma mpe moyibi. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): One that walks with a thief will also become a thief.
Biloko nyonso ekomi ntalo mingi.: All things became expensive.
Balabala ekomi lokola ebale: The road became like a river
Soki okokoma kuna, pesa bango mbote.: When you arrive there, greet them (give them greetings).
Akomi koteka nguba na zando.: She began selling peanuts on the market.
tozalaki awa epai na nga na Valentine na Rachel. Bakomaki lelo na nzanga.: We were here at my place with Valentine and Rachel. They had arrived today at noon.
Tia foin nakoma lokola yo: let's bet I'll be like you
ezali te po tomelaka na nganda moko, nde tokomi baninga: It's not because we use to drink at the same café, that we became friends
kokenda liboso ezali kokoma te Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): To go first is not "to arrive"
kokoma na ndako te. leka mbala moko epayi ya tata na yo.: Don't arrive home. Pass at your dad's place for once.
asombi tukutuku mususu. akomi na yango mibale.: She bought another scooter. She has two of them now.
wuta ngai nakoma kosambela, nakoma na kimia na motema.: Since I started praying, I had peace of heart.
Nayoki ke okomi kobima na ex na ngai. Mama, ozali semba bilokota.: I heard that you started dating my ex. Lady, you are a semba bilokota.
Oyo wana azokoma kizengi penza.: That one becomes crazy, really.
mabele na ye ekomi minene: Her breasts became big.
Baiser na yo ya pamba ekomisa ngai kizengi.: Just your kiss drives me crazy.
nalingi ke eloko te ekomela mwana na ngai.: I don't want anything to happen to my child.
Mbula oyo tokosiba na masoko. Libolo ekomi mayi mayi.: warning - sensible content
mbanda mama akufa nakoma mowumbu ya mwasi ya papa.: Since mother died, I became the slave of dad's wife.
Mwana oyo libota naye basundola ye po akoma bulawayo.: That child, her family abandoned her because she became a prostitute.
banda okoma ya nga, nga nazokatswa.: Since you became mine, I'm dying (of joy)
soki todusoli awa tokokoma noki: If we take a shortcut here, we'll arrive early.

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