dictionary / translation Lingala

elóko, pl. biloko (class 7/8 : e- / bi-)

thing, object, belonging, matter, article

pl. biloko
luggage
often used for "biloko ya kolia" - things to eat, the food

elókoloko
small thing, insignificant thing (bagatelle)

Eloko nini esalaka yo fier ?
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ekosala eloko te
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eloko eleki tika eza te
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FARDC - eloko ya makasi
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RDC eloko ya makasi - tokolonga
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see also : bisaka

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49 examples (bandakisa ntúkú mínei na libwá) ...

nasombi biloko ya kolia na wenze.: I bought something to eat at the market.
eloko ya tina: valuable object
mokolo moko te. mbala moko te. eloko moko te. moto moko te. esika moko te.: Never (not one day). Never (not one time). Nothing (not one thing). Nobody (not one man). Nowhere (not one place).
mbongo ya libala / biloko ya libala / likonza: The dowry (for the marriage)
biloko na ndenge na ndenge: all sorts of things
Biloko nyonso ekomi ntalo mingi.: All things became expensive.
biloko olambaki ezali elengi mingi: The things you've prepared are very delicious.
Biloko na yo ezali kilo mingi.: Your luggage weighs a lot.
Nakoki komona eloko te mpo na molili.: I could see nothing because of the darkness.
eloko moko te eleki nguya na Nzambe: Nothing surpasses the power of God (nothing is impossible to God)
mbula ememi biloko ya ndaku: The rain has carried away the things of the house
eloko nalakisa te. Nalingi yo. Nabombi yango na kati ya motema na ngai.: There's something I don't show. I love you. I've hidden that in my heart.
biloko na ngai ? tii lelo !?: My things ? Till today !?
ozosala nini ? - Eloko te, naza na mbetu na ngai: What are you doing ? - Nothing, I'm in my bed.
Namoni ozangi eloko ya kosala. Luka ata mosala ko ! kaka koyungana boye...: I see that you lack something to do. Look even for a job, come on ! just wandering like that...
naboyi biloko nionso ekopesa litomba te: I refuse everything that will not give a benefit
biloko ya matoyi: earrings
opesi ngai biloko ya kolia mingi: You gave me a lot of things to eat
wana eza biloko ya papa na bino.: That there is the food of your father.
zongisa eloko ya batu: give back the thing of someone
eloko basalela naza na posa na yango te: The thing that had been used, I don't need it
kolia biloko ya tata na yo te. lia biloko mosusu: Don't eat your father's food. Eat something else.
nani alie biloko na ngai oyo natikaki ?: Who ate my food that I had left ?
otie biloko na ngai wapi. nazomona yango te.: Where did you put your things ? I don't see them.
soki loboko eyebaka pasi oyo lutu emonaka na tango ya kobalusa biloko: If the hand knew how the spoon suffers when stirring the food...
biloko oyo, mafuta ekoki te. ebongi obakisa.: This food, there's not enough oil in it. You should add some.
oza kolamba biloko nini lelo ?: What are you préparing today ?
kolia biloko ya sukali mingi te eza malamu te pona mino: Don't eat too much sweet things. It's not good for your teeth.
komema biloko ya kilo te: Don't carry heavy things.
kobosana kotala biloko te soki ebeli.: Don't forget to look at the food, whether it's done.
boseka ngai, ekosala eloko te: make fun of me, it won't do anything.
kopola ezali eloko ya mabe te: Losing is not something bad.
kende kozwa biloko na yo kuna: Go take your food there.
lia biloko wana nioso. kobuaka eloko te.: Eat all that food. Don't throw anything away.
pona nini olingaka kobuaka biloko ya kolia boye. eza malamu te.: Why do you love to throw away food like that ? It's not good.
nalie biloko nyonso oyo etikalaki.: I ate all the food that was left.
nazolinga kotinda biloko na mboka: I want to send things to the country.
tika nzungu polele pona biloko ebela malamu: Leave the cooking pot open so that the food cooks well.
kosimba biloko ya bato te.: Don't touch the people's things.
Awa biloko nyoso ezalaka ntalo.: Here everything is expensive.
losaka pona biloko oyo oyeli biso: Thanks for the food you brought us.
oza kokumba biloko ebele boye pona nini ?: Why are you carrying many things like that ?
oyo, ezali eloko ya nani ?: this, whose thing is that ?
eloko eleki tika eza te: there is nothing better than to leave it.
Yaka kosunga ngai, naza na biloko ebele ya kolamba.: Come help me, I have a lot of things to prepare.
nake kobalula biloko na moto.: I will go stir the food on the fire.
nalingi ke eloko te ekomela mwana na ngai.: I don't want anything to happen to my child.
bapesi ngai eloko ya kolia te.: They haven't given me anything to eat.
Eloko moko ezotungisa yo.: Something is bothering you.

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zero (0)	libungutulu, eloko te (nothing)

1-10
1	mókó
2	míbalé
3	mísáto
4	mínei
5	mítáno
6	motóbá
7	nsambo
8	mwámbe
9	libwá
10	zómi

powers of 10
10	zómi
100	nkámá (mókó)
1000	nkóto (mókó)
10000	monkoko (mókó)
20000	minkoko míbalé
100000	elundu (mókó)
1000000	efuku (mókó)

11-99
11	zómi na mókó
15	zómi na mítáno
20	ntúkú míbalé
21	ntúkú míbalé na mókó
32	ntúkú mísáto na míbalé
43	ntúkú mínei na mísáto
54	ntúkú mítáno na mínei
67	ntúkú motóbá na nsambo
78	ntúkú nsambo na mwámbe
89	ntúkú mwámbe na libwá
95	ntúkú libwá na mítáno

100-1.000
100	nkámá (mókó)
101	nkámá (mókó) na mókó
110	nkámá (mókó) na zómi
115	nkámá (mókó) na zómi na mítáno
120	nkámá (mókó) na ntúkú míbalé
126	nkámá (mókó) na ntúkú míbalé na motóbá
157	nkámá (mókó) na ntúkú mítáno na nsambo
200	nkámá míbalé
201	nkámá míbalé na mókó
210	nkámá míbalé na zómi
222	nkámá míbalé na ntúkú míbalé na míbalé
500	nkámá mítáno
753	nkámá nsambo na ntúkú mítáno na mísáto

1.000-10.000
1000	nkóto (mókó)
1234	nkóto (mókó) na nkámá míbalé na ntúkú mísáto na mínei
9875	nkóto libwá na nkámá mwámbe na ntúkú nsambo na mítáno

other examples
9	libwá
39	ntúkú mísáto na libwá
539	nkámá mítáno na ntúkú mísáto na libwá
7539	nkóto nsambo na nkámá mítáno na ntúkú mísáto na libwá
47539	minkoko mínei na nkóto nsambo na nkámá mítáno na ntúkú mísáto na libwá
847539	bilundu mwámbe na minkoko mínei na nkóto nsambo na nkámá mítáno na ntúkú mísáto na libwá
6847539	bifuku motóbá na bilundu mwámbe na minkoko mínei na nkóto nsambo na nkámá mítáno na ntúkú mísáto na libwá