dictionary / translation Lingala - English [kotumbola]

kotumbola, form of a verb

infinitive : kotumba
time : (linoko, ebandeli) infinitive (ko-) or in negative (etinda) plural imperative
infixe : -ol : reversive ( the opposite of ... or conversive )

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.

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