ENGLISH-LINGALA DICTIONARY FROM O TO Z

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)

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

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)