dictionary / translation Lingala

kofúta, regular construction (root : fut) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to pay
to compensate, to reward

kofútela
to rent (to hire!)

kofútisa
to make someone pay

sepela na kozua ya moninga, motema mabe efutaka te
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derived words : lifúta, mofuteli

9 examples (bandakisa libwá) ...

Nafuti lipa te.: I have not paid the bread.
Afuteli ngai basapato.: He paid me shoes.
motuya boni ya badollar bafutaka yo ? - na se ya 500 ? kati ya 500 na 1000 ? 1000 tii likolo ?: how much in dollars do they pay you ? less than 500 ? between 500 and 1000 ? 1000 and more ?
kofuta nyongo. kokota nyongo.: To pay off the debt. To enter in debt (to make debt).
nafuta ata mpaku ya leta: I paid even the taxes of the state
tata, mama, ndeko, tofuta mpaku ya mabele, po totonga ville ya kinshasa: papa, mama, cousin, let's pay the ground tax, so that we build the city of Kinshasa
nioso efutamaka awa na se Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): Everything down here has to be paid
ebongi kofuta baniongo oyo nioso: All those debts have to be paid.
kofuta ngai te. nasali yango ofele.: Don't pay me. I do that for free.

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