dictionary / translation Lingala - English [simba zigida]

simba, form of a verb

infinitive : kosímba
time : (etinda) imperative (run ! let's go ! listen ! ...)
person : second person singular (you)

kosímba, regular construction (root : simb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to hold, to grasp
to touch

kosímbisa
to lend, to confide

na skol esimbi
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derived words : esímbeli

5 examples (bandakisa mítáno) ...

Azali kosimba kitunga.: She carries a basket.
mpepo ekweyi na wenze ya Simba Zigida. Epanzi wenze. Bato nyoso bakufi.: A plane fell on the Simba Zigida market. It destroyed the market. Everyone is dead.
pona nini bolingo ya mosika esimbaka te ?: Why doesn't long distance love hold ?
Asimbi mokili na maboko na ye: He holds the world in his hands
kosimba biloko ya bato te.: Don't touch the people's things.

zigida, pl. bazigida (class 9a/10a (2) : - / - (ba-) : plural from context (or informal/modern ba-), not with n-/m-)
zikita, pl. bazikita (class 9a/10a (2) : - / - (ba-) : plural from context (or informal/modern ba-), not with n-/m-)
zikinda

ornaments like necklaces, waistbeans

Simba Zigida (somba zikinda)
A market at 500m of the Ndolo airport.
Known for the accident with an Antonov
with an illicit cargo (weapons) that crashed
on the market and the present population, 8th of januari 1996

see also : liyaka

1 example (ndakisa mókó) ...

mpepo ekweyi na wenze ya Simba Zigida. Epanzi wenze. Bato nyoso bakufi.: A plane fell on the Simba Zigida market. It destroyed the market. Everyone is dead.

translation / dictionary Lingala - English