dictionary / translation Lingala - English [tombola buaka]

tombola, form of a verb

infinitive : kotómba
time : (etinda) imperative (run ! let's go ! listen ! ...)
person : second person singular (you)
infixe : -ol : reversive ( the opposite of ... or conversive )

kotómba, regular construction (root : tomb) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to carry
to merit, to deserve, to earn

to raise (to put up straight)
to charge, to use

kotómbela
to carry for ...
to bless, to give hope, to wish ... for ...

kotómbola
to lift
to increase
to develop

kotómbisa
to let charge

tombola bendele
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see also : litómba

derived words : botómboli

4 examples (bandakisa mínei) ...

Tombola maboko likolo.: Lift your hands up.
alokotaka na nse atomboli likolo: He picks up from the ground, he lifts up.
tombola bwaka: "pick up, throw away" = clothes and other things you throw away for the poor, second hand clothes
tombola mosapi na yo likolo: raise your finger in the air.

buaka, form of a verb

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

kobuáka, regular construction (root : buak) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))
kobwáka, regular construction (root : bwak) (class 15 : ko- (verbs))

to throw

kobuákisa - kobwákisa
to drop, to abandon, to reject, to return, to expel, to send back

kobuákela - kobwákela
to throw for ...
to throw a spell on ...
to make negative allusions about someone

bwaka mayi na wc. zala motu ya solo.
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10 examples (bandakisa zómi) ...

obuakisi nga: you rejected me
bwaka mayi na wc. zala motu ya solo.: Throw water in the toilet. Be a real man.
kobwaka liso: to take a look
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.
baninga na ye babwaki ye na libulu moko: His friends threw him in a pit.
kobwaka elikia: to despair (to throw away hope)
Babwakaki mabanga.: They threw rocks.
baboti na yo bayaki kobwaka ngunda na poto. yango wana sikoyo oza awa na biso.: Your parents came ask asylum in europe. Reason why now you're here with us.
tombola bwaka: "pick up, throw away" = clothes and other things you throw away for the poor, second hand clothes

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