dictionary / translation Lingala

kokimela, form of a verb

infinitive : kokíma
time : (linoko, ebandeli) infinitive (ko-) or in negative (etinda) plural imperative
infixe : -el : applicative ( to ... for ... / to undergo )

kokíma, regular construction (root : kim) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to avoid
to run, to run away

kokímela
to flee from ...
to escape ...

nakimela wapi ?
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see also : kowumba

derived words : ekímelo

6 examples (bandakisa motóbá) ...

bayebisi ngai kadafi akimi: They told me (let me know) that kadafi has fled
bokimaki bitumba: You guys have fled the war
Akimaki lisusu, nakanisi azali na ntina.: He ran away again, I think he has a reason.
benga ngai. Ozokima ngai na phone.: Call me. You're avoiding me at the phone.
Monoko ya mobange, elumbaka solo, kasi elobaka makambo ya lokuta te. soki okimi solo wana, okoyeba makambo te. Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): The mouth of the elderly, it smells foul, but doesn't tell lies. If you avoid this smell, you will not know the affairs.
bangotobobo bakima ntshik po nua eleki na bongo: The idiots have fled school because there's too much weed in the brain

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