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kowúta, regular construction (root : wut) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
koúta, regular construction (root : ut) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to come, to come from

derived words : ewuta, útá, wuta, mowuta, moúta

10 examples (bandakisa zómi) ...

owuti wapi ? okei wapi ? ozali wapi ?: Where do you come from ? Where do you go ? Where are you ?
wana awuti wapi ?: Where did that one there come from ?
euti nase ya motema: that comes from the bottom of the heart
nawuti kotala mama bokilo na lopitalo: I come from seeing mother in law at the hospital
ndeko na ngai ya mwasi awuti kobota.: My sister just gave birth.
awuti kosomba pantalo ya pembe.: She just bought a pair of white trousers.
bawuti kopesa ngai nsango moko ya mabe: They just gave me some bad news.
Nawuti komona bambila mwambe liboso ya ndako.: I just saw 8 policemen in front of the house.
Bowuti wapi lisusu, basi.: Where are you coming from, girls ?
nayebi esika ewuta te.: I don't know where that comes from.

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