dictionary / translation Lingala

mokonzi, pl. bakonzi (class 1/2 : mo- (mu-) / ba- (persons))
mokonzi, pl. mikonzi (class 3/4 : mo- (mu-) / mi- : objects)

chief, king, president, boss, authority, lord, master

mokonzi ya bacafé
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mokonzi na bikamua
src : Belothie Rhema

see also : mokubwa

synonymes : mopao

derived from : kokonza

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9 examples (bandakisa libwá) ...

engumba mokonzi, mboka mokonzi.: capital (main village)
Nzambe mokonzi: God the father (the chief)
Nalingi kosiba na nzele na mokonzi.: warning - sensible content
Mokonzi, soki ozalaki awa, mbele ndeko na ngai akufaki té. © Yoane 11:21: Lord, if you would have been here, then my brother would not have been dead.
kende kolembola masoko / sima / babottes ya mokonzi.: go lick the buttocks / the behind / the boots of the boss. (flatter)
Mobutu azalaki mokonzi ya Zaïre: Mobutu was the president of Zaïre
mokonzi ya mboka azali mutu monene.: The president of a country is a huge personality.
na ndako oyo mokonzi azali te. biso nioso tozali bana.: In this house there's no chief. We are all children.
papa nde azalaka mokonzi ya ndako: It's father who is the chief of the house.

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