dictionary / translation Lingala - English [somba zikinda]

somba, form of a verb

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

kosómba, regular construction (root : somb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to buy

kosómbisa
to exchange (currency)

derived words : mosombi

25 examples (bandakisa ntúkú míbalé na mítáno) ...

nasombaki motuka ya sika: I bought a new car
nasombi biloko ya kolia na wenze.: I bought something to eat at the market.
kende nanu kosomba lipa.: Go buy the bread already.
Kosomba nanu lipa te.: Don't buy the bread yet.
na ntongo oyo mama akeyi na zando asomba mapa: This morning mama went to the market to buy bread.
tshombo na yo ebongi te ? okosomba ya sika ?: Your phone isn't repaired ? Will you buy a new one ?
bomoyi ya moto basombaka te Proverb/expression (don't translate litteraly): One doesn't buy the life of someone
po na kozwa bis okoki kosomba tiké po na mokolo moko, sanza moko to mbula mobimba.: To take the bus, you can buy a ticket for one day, one month or a whole year.
elamba oyo kitoko makasi. posa ya kosomba yango.: That garment is very pretty. love to buy it.
kende kosomba mapa pona tata na yo: Go buy bread for your father
tata naza na posa ya mbongo po nasomba bilamba: Father, I need money to buy clothes.
asombi liputa moko lokola ya ngai: She bought the same cloth as me
nazosombela yo motuka ya sika. kobebisa yango te mbala oyo.: I buy you a new car. Don't ruin it this time.
osombeli mwasi na yo tshombo ya sika: You bought a new phone for your girlfriend.
tata na ngai pe asombi motuka: My dad too bought a car.
awuti kosomba pantalo ya pembe.: She just bought a pair of white trousers.
asombi tukutuku mususu. akomi na yango mibale.: She bought another scooter. She has two of them now.
pesa ngai falanga nasomba bilamba: Give me money so that I buy clothes.
kende kosombela ngai kisi: Go buy me medicin
asombeli ngai kazaka: She bought me a jacket.
nasombi mapa misato pona bana balia: I bought three loaves of bread for the the children to eat.
kende kosomba litungulu na zando.: Go buy an onion at the market.
Mikolo oyo nateki te batu bazosomba malamu te mbongo eza te.: These days I don't sell. The people don't buy well. There's no money.
Soki tosangisi mbongo wana nyonso, tokoki kosomba lopango: If we put together all that money, we can buy a plot.
Osombi mutuka na mbongo ya nani ?: You bought the car with whose money ?

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.

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