translation / dictionary Lingala - English

mesuring unit

a pot that mesures :
13,6 cm top diameter
12 cm bottom diameter
11,6 cm depth

this makes (11.6cm * ?/3) * ((13.6cm/2)² + (12cm/2)² + (13.6cm/2) * (12cm/2)) = 1494.63 cm³ = 1494.63 ml

that's about 3x the sakombi (3x 635.85 ml = 1907.55 ml)

measure

pebble, stone
electric battery
school blackboard
work


context : Congolese Songs
dedication ("dédicace" / they cite names of people during the song, bostly because they paid for it)


context : unit of measure
miserably small unit of measure

it holds about 100fc of peanuts or salt

the name probably comes from the expression kobeta libanga (break the stone)
or kozua libanga (get the stone). Small jobs, just to have at least something.

unit of measurement

The name comes from a former governor of the city of Kinshasa,
Dominique Sakombi Inongo (governor in 1976 and 1977), who,
trying to standardise the market commerce, introduced a unit of measurement,
for food products, which was later called the sakombi by the market vendors.

It's a cup with following specifications :
9 cm of diameter
10 cm of depth

this gives 3.14 x (9cm/2)² x 10cm = 635.85cm³ = 635.85 ml (when filled up to the border)

this gives about 300g of flour

to be more specific :
268.76g of cake flour
448.83g of semoulina flour
254.34g of casava flour
572.26g of rice


link : http://sakombi.blogspot.co.at/2010/08/lambassadeur-dominique-sakombi-inongo.html

cup
pint


context : measuring unit
same size as an ebundeli
makes half an ekolo

glass

context : measuring unit
makes half a sakombi

measuring unit

same size as a kopo
makes half an ekolo

tool for measuring