dictionary / translation Lingala

etumba, form of a verb

infinitive : kotumba
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)

kotumba, regular construction (root : tumb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to broil, to roast, to burn

kotumbola
to heat up
to provoke, to tease, to attack

masangu ya kotumba
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derived words : etumba, etumbelo, etúmbeli, etumbele

3 examples (bandakisa mísáto) ...

Marie, obandi kotumbola nga: Marie, you start to provoque me.
oza kotumba bilamba pona nini ?: Why are you burning the clothes ?
boma moto okoya kotumba ndako pamba: Put out the fire. You risk to incinerate the house.

etumba, pl. bitumba (class 7/8 : e- / bi-)

battle, fight, war

derived from : kotumba

7 examples (bandakisa nsambo) ...

bokimaki bitumba: You guys have fled the war
bitumba na mabonza: the battle for the tides
abanga etumba te, abundaka mutaka !: She's not afraid of a fight, she fights naked !
bitumba ezali pili-pili mpe mungua ya libala. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): The fights are the pepper and the salt of the mariage.
etumba ya mobali ezali koluka mwasi ya malamu pona kobala: The struggle of a man is to look for a good woman to marry.
etumba na ngai ezali ke bana na ngai balonga na bomoyi: My struggle is that my children may be successful in life.

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