dictionary / translation Lingala - English [kobeta libanga]

kobeta, form of a verb

infinitive : kobéta
time : (linoko, ebandeli) infinitive (ko-) or in negative (etinda) plural imperative

kobéta, regular construction (root : bet) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))modern version
kobéte, regular construction (root : bet) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

from the english "to beat"

to beat
to hit, to kick
to play (a musical instrument, ball, football, basketball, ...)
to rain

derived words : ebételi, ebétele, mobeti

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37 examples (bandakisa ntúkú mísáto na nsambo) ...

nabetaka bale. / kobeta ndembo.: I play football. (I hit the ball (habit)) / To play with a ball.
Pamela abetaka guitar: Pamela plays the guitar
tobetaka basket: we play basketball
beta, bakofungola: knock, they will open
kobeta masolo: to discuss
nakobeta yo !: I will hit you !
Werra akobeta lobi: Werra plays tomorrow
Nkolo azali kobeta na porte.: The Lord is knocking at the door
Motema na ngai ezali kobeta po na yo: My heart beats for you
Mbula ebeti. Mbula ezobeta.: It rains. It's raining.
abetami lokola nioka.: He was beaten like a snake.
kobeta mayi: to bathe, take a bath
Nabetaki maboko makasi mpona bango.: I applauded hard for them.
kosopa mai / kosopa mpowa / kobeta mai: to ejaculate
kosakana te na ngai to nakobeta yo: Don't laugh with me or I will hit you.
kobeta miziki: To play music
Benteke abeti bale, kasi ekoti te: Benteke kicked the ball, but it didn't go in
kobeta lisolo: to tell (a story)
leki na nga ya mobali alingaka kobeta ndembo: My little brother loves to play football
kobeta mwasi na yo boye te. ezali mabe: Don't hit your wife like that. It's bad.
kobeta bana te. lobela bango malembe: Don't hit the children. Talk calmly to them.
mbula ekobeta lelo te. kobanga te.: It's not gonna rain today. Don't be afraid.
mikolo oyo mbula ezobeta makasi.: These days it's raining hard.
tofandi na biso libanda. tozobeta masolo.: We sit outside together. We are talking.
leki na nga ya mobali abetaka na ekipe ya congo: My little brother plays in the team of Congo.
nazolinga kobima kasi mvula ezobeta makasi.: I want to go out but it's raining hard.
nakobeta yo tii nakobuka yo mbanga.: I will hit you untill I will break your jaw.
Tika kobeta mukinza liboso na ngai: Stop farting in front of me
mbula ezobeta lisusu.: It's raining again.
Okoki kobeta ye te. Azali mwana mwasi: You may not beat her. She's a girl.
Nakobeta yo lokola mwana na ngai.: I will beat you like my child.
Abeti ngai pamba te abungisi mbongo na ye.: She hit me because she misplaced her money.
lelo, soki obeti ye, ngai nakoboma yo !: Today, if you beat her, me I will kill you !
kobosana te, soki omeki kobimisa sekele oyo tokobeta yo !: Don't forget, if you try to out this secret, we'll beat you up !
Obetaki mukinza tango olalaki: You farted when you were sleeping.
beta libaku: take a chance
kobeta libaku na zelo: to receive a super mega chance

libángá, pl. mabanga (class 5/6 : li- / ma- (parts of body, fauna, flora,...))

pebble, stone
electric battery
school blackboard
work

context : Congolese Songs
dedication ("dédicace" / they cite names of people during the song, bostly because they paid for it)

context : unit of measure
miserably small unit of measure

it holds about 100fc of peanuts or salt

the name probably comes from the expression kobeta libanga (break the stone)
or kozua libanga (get the stone). Small jobs, just to have at least something.

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measuring units

6 examples (bandakisa motóbá) ...

libanga ya talo: kostbare steen, erts, (diamond,...)
Babwakaki mabanga.: They threw rocks.
mutu ya liboma abambi ngai libanga: The lunatic threw me a rock.
libanga moko ya monene ezalaki liboso ya motuka na ngai: There was a big stone in front of my car.
mosombi monene ya mabanga: big diamonds dealer
zebi ya mabanga: geology (science of rocks)

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