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kobúka, regular construction (root : buk) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to break, to destroy
to pick (fruit,...), to harvest

kobúkana
to crumble, to collapse
to break up

kobúkama
to dislocate, to fracture
to be picked (fruit,...)

vie eza moko. Kobukana te.
src : Twitter Africell Congo RDC

11 examples (bandakisa zómi na mókó) ...

abuki biki: He broke his biro (he stopped going to school, gave up his studies)
nabukani loboko: I broke my arm.
nakobuka minu na ye: I will break his teeth
mopepe ebuki nzete ya lipela: The wind broke the guava tree.
kobukana te: don't be shy (don't hesitate)
buka lelo lamba lelo Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): lit: harvest today, prepare today. (fig: seduce today, have sex today)
etape ya nzete ya mangolo ebukani mpe ekweyi likolo ya ndako: The branch of the mangotree broke off and fell on the house
nakobeta yo tii nakobuka yo mbanga.: I will hit you untill I will break your jaw.
soki oza koyanola ngai boye nakobuka yo mbanga.: If you answer me like that, I will break your jaw.
Alie soso tii abuki mikuwa.: She ate the chicken up to breaking the bones.
buka Jéricho, niata satana. source: cantique: Destroy Jéricho, trample satan.

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