Wednesday 30 March 2016

ENGLISH-LINGALA DICTIONARY FROM O TO Z

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O

obedient:         motósi
obey (to):         kotósa
objet:   elóko
oblige (to):      koséngisa, (obliger, forcer)
obscure:          molíli
observe (to):    komóna; kotósa
obtain (to):                  kozwa
obvious:           emónani, (évident)
occasion:         okasío, (occasion)
occupation:                 mosálá, (métier, profession)
occupy (to):     kokipé, (occuper)
occur:  kosálema, koleka, (se produire, se présenter)
ocean: mbú, (océan)
o’clock:            ngonga, (heure)
odd:     ndéngé, (étrange, curieux, bizarre; impair)
of:        ya, na
of course:        (évidemment)
off (to be):       kokende, (éteint, fermé, absent, annulé)
offence:           (infraction, crime, délit)
offend (to):      (offenser, blesser)
offer:               (offre, proposition)
offer (to):        kobonzela, kokabela, kopesa
office:  biro, (bureau)
often:   mbala míngi
oil:       mafúta
old:      ya kala, mobangé, monuná, mpaka
on:       likoló ya
once:   mbala mókó
one:     mókó
only:    kaka, bobélé, sé
open (to):        kofungola
opening:          (ouverture)
operation:       (opération)
opinion:           likanisi, (opinion, avis)
opponent:        (opposant, adversaire)
opportunity:    (occasion)
opposite:         (en face de)
optician:          (opticien)
optimist:          (optimiste)
option: (option, choix)
or:        tó, sókó
oral:     (oral)
order:  molongó, (ordre); motíndo, (commandement)
order (to):       kotínda, (commander, ordonner); in order to: mpô na, ete
organisation:   (organisation)
organise (to):  (organiser)
original:           (original)
orphan:            etíké
other:  mosúsu
our:      bísó
ours:    ya bísó
ourselves:        bísó mókó
out:      libándá
outcome:         (résultat, issue)
outdoor:          (en plein air)
outside:           libándá
over:                likoló, na
overnight:        (soudain, durant la nuit, de nuit)
own (my own):            ya ngáí mókó
own to:            kozala na
ox:       ngómbé


P

palm: mbíla
paradise: paladíso
party: feti, (fête)
to pass by: (koleka)
past: ya kala
to pay: kofúta
peace: kímíá, (paix), (tranquillité)
people: (peuple)
to permit: kolingisa, (permettre)
to phone: kobenga, kotelephoné, (téléphoner)
plan: (plan)
plane: mpépo, pépo
plastic: (plastique)
play: kosakana; (to play football): kobéta bále
pleasant: elengi, (agréable)
please: (s’il vous plaît), (s’il te plaît)
plenty: ebelé, míngi
plot (of land): (parcelle de terre)
plot: (complot)
to plot: (comploter)
plumber: (plombier)
policeman: polísi, (police), mbíla
pork: ngúlu
possible: ekoki kosálema, (possible)
post office: (poste)
potato: mbálá, libengé
pound (unit of currency): livre sterling
to prefer: kosepela, (préférer)
preparation: (préparation)
to prepare: kobongisa
to prescribe: kokomela, (prescrire)
prayer: libondeli, losambo
present (to be): kozala; (at present: sikóyo, na ngonga óyo)
president: mokonzi, (président)
pretty: kitóko
prison: bolóko
problem: likambo, (problème)
programme: (programme)
project: (projet)
promise: elako
to promise: kolaka
to protect: kobátela
protector: mobáteli
pub: ekalá, (bar)
to put: kotíya; to put off: koúmelisa


Q

question: motúná
quick: mbángu, mbángo, nokí
quiet: kimía


R

radio: radio
railway: nzela ya lukalu, engbunduka, (train)
to raise: kotómbola
rather: (plutôt que)
to read: kotánga
recently: kala míngi té
recommend: (recommander)
record: makomami, (passé), (archives), (casier judiciaire), (dossier)
red: lángi ya makilá
red light: (feu rouge)
to regret: kozala na mawa, (regretter)
to refuse: kobóya, kopíma
to relax: (se détendre, se décontracter)
remember: kobósana té, (se rappeler)
repair: kobongisa
repeat: kozóngela
reserve: (réserve)
to reserve: kobómba, (réserver)
restaurant: (restaurant)
return: kozónga
rich: míngi; rich man: moto ya mosolo míngi
ring: mpété, pété, lompété
to rise: kotélema, kotéleme
risk: (risqué)
road: nzelá, balabála, molóló, mofalí
roast: rôti
to roast: rôtir
robe: (robe)
roof: motóndo, (toit)
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S

safe: (sain et sauf), (sans danger), en sécurité, (sûr)
sale: botéki, (vente)
salesman : motéki
sandwich:
save: kobíkisa
saviour: mobíkisi
to say: koloba
school: kelási, etéyelo
sea: mbú
seat: kíti
to see: komona
seldom: míngi té, (rare)
to sell: kotéke
serious: monéne, ya mpási, ya makási, (serieux), (grave)
to serve: kosálela
sharp: nsóngé, sóngé, (pointu), (aigu), (tranchant), (vif), (net)
she: yé
shock: choke, (choc)
shop: magazíni
shopping: (courses), (achat), (shopping)
short: mokúsé
shot: ekíndo
shower: douche
shrimp: (crevette)
to shut: kokanga
sign: elembo
single: (s.room: chambre mpô na moto mókó); (s.ticket: aller simple)
single: (s.mom: monzemba, likombe)
silly: zobá, elémá
sister: ndeko mwási
to sit: kofánda
six: motoba
skin: mposo, lomposo
slap: mbatá
to slap: kobéta mbatá
sleep: mpongí
to sleep: kolála
slice: ndámbo
slow: malémbe; slow to: kowúmela, koumela
small: moké
smell: nsólo, solo
to smell: kolumba nsólo
to smile: komúngamunga, (sourire)
smoke: mólinga
to smoke: komele likáyá
to snore: (ronfler)
so far: kíno sikóyo
some: mosúsu
someone: moto mosúsu
something: elóko mosúsu
sometimes: ntángo mosúsu
sore: mpótá, to have a sore throat: kozala na mpási na mongóngó
sorry: paladó, bolímbisi, (désolé)
sound: makeléle, lokitó, (son); mpóndo
to sound: kozala lokola, (sembler), (avoir l’air de); kopóndo
soup: súpu, (soupe)
Spain: (Espagne)
to speak: koloba
sports: (sport)
stairs: ebuteli, (escalier)
start: ebandeli
to start: kobandá, (engine) kosémolo
to stay: kotíkala
stiff neck: (torticolis)
still: naínu
to sting: koswâ
stomach: libumu, likundú, (stomach ache): mpási na libumu
stone: libángá
stools: nyéi, (selles)
stop: (bus stop: esika bisi ekangamaka), arrêt
to stop: kokanga, kotélema, kotélemisa
store: magazíni
stress: (stress), (tension mentale ou émotionnelle)
stroke : (accident vasculaire cérébral)
student: moyékoli, mwána ya kelási, (étudiant)
to study: koyékola
such as: (tel que)
summer: été
sun: mói, mwésé
supermarket: (supermarché)
support: lisálisi, (soutien), (assistance); to support: soutenir
sure: (sûr)
to swallow: komele
to swell : kovímba, kotutwa
sweater: (pull), (pull-over)
to swim: (nager), (se baigner)
symptom: elembo, (symptôme)


T

tablet: (comprimé)
to take: kokamata, kozwa, kokanga
talk: lisoló
to talk: kosólola
tap: robinet
taste (good): elengi, gú, (goût)
tax: mpáko, (impôt)
taxi: taksí, (taxi)
tea: ti, (tea kettle: théière, bouilloire)
to teach: kotéya, kolakisa
telephone: telefone
to tell: koyébisa
ten: dix
to thank: kotóndo, kotónda
thank you: melesí míngi, matóndo míngi
that: ete; he says that: alobi ete
theatre: (théatre)
theirs: yabangó
them: bangó
themselves: bangó mókó
therapy: lisalisi mpô na molímo, (thérapie), (cure)
there: kúná, wâná
they: bangó
thing: elóko
to think: kokanisa, kobánza
thirty: mpósa
this: óyo
thought: likanisi
three: misáto
throat: mongóngó
ticket: tiké
tired (to be): kolembe, kolemba; to make tired: kolembisa
to: epái ya, esíká, na
together: elóngó, lisangá
tomorrow: lóbí
too: míngi; mpé, mpé lokola
tooth: líno
top: o likoló, na likoló
towards: epái na, (vers), (envers)
traffic: (circulation), (traffic)
train: engbunduka, lukálu, (train)
traitor: mosúli
trauma: choke ya monéne, (trauma), (traumatisme)
to travel: kokende mobémbo, kobémba, (voyager)
travel agent: (agent de voyage)
travel agency : (bureau de voyage)
traveller: moto óyo azali kosala mobémbo, (voyageur)
treatment: lisálisi, (traitement)
trip: mobémbo
trouble: mikakatano, (problème), (ennui)
to trouble: kotungisa
to try: komeka
tuberculosis: (tuberculose)
to turn off: koboma
turn on: kopelisa
tv: tevé, telé
tv programme: programme ya telé
twins: mapása
two: mibalé


U

umbrella: longembú, (parapluie)
to understand: koyóka, (comprendre)
unfriendly: malíli, mongúná, (peu amical), (froid), (ennemi)
unhappy: mawa, kozala na esengo té, (mécontent), (malheureux)
unsafe: mabé, (dangereux), (malsain)
until: kíno
unwell: kobéla, maladi, (souffrant)
up: likoló, libosó, télema !
us: bísó
used to: kozalá+ka; I used to sing: nazaláka koyémba
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V

vacation: (vacances)
vaccine: mangwelé
vagina: (vagin)
valley: (vallée)
vegetarian: moto óyo alíaka mosúni té, (végétarien)
vein: mosísa ya moké, (veine)
vertigo: kizunguzúngu, (vertige)
very: míngi
view: (vue); likanisi, (point de vue), (avis)
to view: (visiter), (considérer)
vinegar: (vinaigre)
vintage: (vendage), (cuvée)
vision: bomóni, (vue), (vision)
vitamin: vitamine
to vomit: kosánza


W

to wait (for): kozela
waiter: (serveur)
to walk: kotámbola
walk: (promenade), (tour)
wall: efelo
want: (besoin)
to want: kolinga; kozanga
war: etumba
to wash: kosukola
watch: sâ, montele, (montre)
water: mái
waterproof: ekótaka mái té
way: nzela
we: bísó
weak: motaú, ya kolembe
weakness: botaú
weather: eleko, (temps)
to wear: koláta
week: mpóso, póso
weekend: nsúka ya mpóso, (fin de semaine), (week-end)
weight: kiló, (poids)
well (adv.): malámu
what: níni
when: ntángo níni
where: esíká níni
which: óyo, which one?: óyo wapi?
while: na ntángo
whip: fímbo
white: mondéle
who: náni
whole: mobimba
whom: óyo
whose: óyo
why: mpô níni, ntína níni
wine: víno
window: lininísa
with: na, elóngó
witness: motátoli
woman: mwási
work: mosála
to work: kosála
worker: mosáli
worth: motúya, (valeur)
wound: mpótá
wrinkle: (ride)
wrist: (poignet)
to write: kokoma, kokomela


XYZ
xenophobia:    koyina bato ya ba mbóka mosúsu, (xénophobie)
Xmas:  Noël
x-ray:   (radiographie)


year:                mobú
yearn (to):  (aspirer, désirer)
yellow: motáné
yes:                  íyo, (oui)
yield:               kobota, (produire); (céder)
yesterday:       lóbí
yet:                  nzónkandé
yoga:               yoga
yoghurt:           yawúr, (yaourt)
you:                 yó
young: elengé
your:                nayó
yours:  yayó
yourself:          ye moko
yourselves:      bínó mókó
youth:  bilengé


zeal:                 mpíko (zèle, empressement)
zebra:  (zebra)
zenith: zénite
zero:                elóko té, mpámba, (zéro)
zest:                 (enthousiasme, entrain)
zigzag: (zigzag)
zone:                (zone, quartier)
zoo:                  (zóo)