KIKONGO MISTREATED !
Mu; Mu(si) = singular
Ba; Be(si) = plural
e.g:
MU-KONGO(Mukongo/Nkongo)
BA-KONGO(Bakongo/Akongo);
TAKE NOTE:
THERE IS NO: "S" in the word: "Bakongo" because the word is already in plural due to the prefix: "BA"
MU-NTU(Muntu)
BA-NTU(Bantu)
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MU-Zombo(Muzombo,N'zombo) = man or woman of Makela do Zombo county(Angola)
[originally: MAKELA MA ZOMBO]
BA-Zombo(Bazombo,Azombo) = people from Makela doZombo county, Uíge province (Angola)
[originally MAKELA MA ZOMBO - "...Nzé e Lukezo kà tóma sóba ye fwasá e nkumbuzeto!..."]
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MU-Ana(Muana or Mwana) = son/daughter B-Ana(Bana,Âna) = children
Mwana Kongo Día Ntontela Bana Ba Kongo Día Ntontela
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Musi Nkusu-Mpete = a person from(native) Nkusu-Mpete district in Damba county, Uíge province(Angola).
Besi Nkusu-Mpete = people from Nkusu-Mpete
PLEASE RESPECT THE USE OF NASAL SOUNDS: M and N
KUMBU = FAME NKUMBU = A NOUN
Note: by omitting or ignoring "M" or/and "N" you will be corrupting: nouns, adjectives, verbs etc...
(In this way you may "redefine" Kikongo language itself).
Bala = Hard
Mbala = Name usually given to boys (sorghum, masa ma Mbala).
Baká = 1. to obtain; 2. explanation, sense, preface(to a book)
Mbaka = short(height) man/woman
Banza = v., Think
Mbanza = Town, city
Buka = come in a great crowd
Mbuka = bedstead
Bungu = reason(motive)
Mbungu = ants' bread
Dinga(dinga-dinga) = larynx
Ndinga = voice
Fulá = to blow, forge
Mfula = n., the powder (cam-wood powder, pepper, crushed ironstone, ochre, &c.) in a bundle of fetish(ebunda)
Funa = leavened (Funisa, v.t., to leaven)
Nfuna = starving
Fuka = to cover
Mfuka = debt
Fwidi = bereavement
Mfwidi = n., one who has been bereaved
Kanda = clan (dynasty?...)
Nkanda = v., to present with one's freedom
Kanga3 = to tie
Nkanga = bunch(banana bunch)
Káka = alone
Nkaka = grandparent
3 Kanga o nkangu =make a pact. Kanga e mbaki = to ambush
Kendá = "Marching order" - imperative, third person singular - NDÁ! ..., Second person singular (i.e. Go away! ...).
Nkenda = sad(sadness)
Kôngo = west Kmt ancient kingdom
Nkongo = good hunter (sniper)
Kôko = arm
Nkóko = river (small river)
Kosi = First (i.e. ordinal numbers,[Kole = Second]
Nkosi = Lion
Kuba4 = v.t., to contribute, give a contribution.
Nkúba = Beating
4 Fundraising, after the appeal for financial aid. Usually before the traditional Bakongo wedding (Lombila), the civil marriage (especially wedding feast) and "imperative" to perform the funeral of a family member, in this context it means the Extended Family i.e. uncles, aunts, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, cousins ,grandsons, granddaughters, etc ...
Kuna = Preposition, expresses place - location
Nkuna = 1. plant(planted); 2.kind; 3. specie
Kûku = n., a small hoe
Nkuku = 1. grime
Kutu = Ear (ma-kutu = Ears)
Nkutu=Bag (handbag, backpack etc...)
Kûmbi = 1. n., one who has been initiated in the "mystery" of the Elongo or the Eseka; 2. kumbi-kumbi = n., a lady-bird; 3. Transport ( Kumbi dia Ntoto = a car; Kumbi dia zulu(ndeki) = an airplane; Kituku-tuku =a motorbike; Masini = a train; Kumbi dia Kalunga = a ship; paka-paka = an helicopter); Kumbi dia nzadi(nlungu) = a canoe
Nkumbi = n., a wonder, marvel.
Kûmbu = Fame
Nkûmbu = a noun
Kûnga= v.t.,to gather together
Nkûnga = song
Kûlu= foot
Nkúlu = a patriarch
Kúsu= to rub on or smear
Nkusu, (- mingyende) = adv., day by day
Lôngo= 1. Wedding; 2. Marriage
Nlôngo = 1. holy; 2. only; 3. medecine
Lúla = pathway,
Nlûla = n., anger, rage, bitterness. O nlula, adv., in an angry mood; wele o nlula, he went away in an angry mood.
Ludi = truth
Nlúdi = ceiling
Sâlá=Stay (sâlá kiambote = take care, bye ).
Nsâlà=Feather, shell
Sânda = v., search
Nsánda=Mulembeira
Sâmbu = 1. Psalm; 2. Prayer meeting; 3. Sunday church service
Nsâmbu = grace, favour
Sanga = the adverbial particles, also require the Prefix in k.
Nsânga = 1. necklace: 2, n.,a brother or sister of the opposite sex only, i.e. a brother uses it of a sister & vice-versa
Simbá = 1. to hold; 2. to keep
Nsimbà = older brother/sister twin(the one that was delivered first during birth)
Sita = barren
Nsíta = anger
Suka(suka-suka) = 1. Cramp and stiffness after sitting a long while; 2. stab, v.,
Nsuka(oku nsuka ntu) = 1. finally; 2. at least; 3. in the end
Sunda = v.t. + to overreach, get an advantage over.
Nsúnda = n., the excelling
Sûku = chamber
Nsuku = stocks, fetters.
Têka: v.i. to shine, come out as sunshine after dullness, shine forth
téka = a man's name, implying that now that he is born the family which had become diminished will soon increase.
Tóna(tonena) = recognize
Ntóna = 1. genius; 2. instinct
Tôko = Young man
Ntôko = Beauty
Tûlu = Sleep
Ntûlu = Breast
Túmbu = Punishment
Ntúmbu = Needle
Tunga = to build
Ntúnga = jigger(jigger flea)
Vûnda = v., to halt for rest
Mvûnda = Debauch, evil effects of, n.,; Drunkenness, the after-effects of, n.,
Vula: 1. disperse of crowds, clouds; 2. be enlarged; 3. nation
Mvûla: selfishness; 2. Rain (original Kikongo: mfwefo = light rain, mvumbi = heavy rain).
Zadi(zadi-zadi) = quickness
Nzádi = river (big river)
Zala = v.i. +to rise (of the tide)
Nzála = hunger
Zengo = n., a woman who has ceased bearing or who has never borne a child, although long married; used also of a man or animal in like condition, a castrated animal, a eunuch.
Nzêngo = n., a sentence, judgment, decision in a law court or in one's own mind, opinion, a price agreed upon, contract price.
Zïnga5 = 1. Blessing / Wish For example: "LONG LIVE THE KING! ..." (People with authority in general), the proclamation during the traditional ceremony of enthronement of the new king of the Kongo or the new NTONTELA (the title given to the kings of Kongo); 2.to live or remain alive
Nzinga = 1. Roll. Nzinga is the name attributed to children born with the umbilical cord around the neck; 2. an angle, corner.
5 A hole or pool left by a river at low tide. Zinga o nkondo = crossing his arms over the shoulders of the chest.
Zola = love
Nzola = 1. Desire (wishing); 2. Desire (pleasure, enjoyment etc..)
Zômbo: (one of species)Kola nut, a genus of about 125 species of trees
Nzômbo: a siluroid(mud fish?), cat-fish
Zúmba = adultery (Tá Zúmba = to have an affair)
Nzûmba = a woman's name
Kikongo language, as any other language deserves a "linguist respect". Hole is not the same word as Whole; Night is not Knight. The list of words sounding alike, is very long in English language.
Although they share the same pronunciation, each word has different meaning.
Source : http://www.luvila.com/ (http://www.luvila.com/)
I tell Twi students to think about "humming" the nasals that occur before consonants at the beginning of a word like Mbanza given as an example in this thread (nasals in Twi occur in words like mpa, nkɔ, mframa, etc)
Otherwise, they try to insert a vowel between and make it like "Mebanza" (or in Twi "mepa," "nekɔ," "meframa" instead of mpa, nkɔ, mframa).
QuoteObadele Kambon;152237 wrote: I tell Twi students to think about "humming" the nasals that occur before consonants at the beginning of a word like Mbanza given as an example in this thread (nasals in Twi occur in words like mpa, nkɔ, mframa, etc)
Otherwise, they try to insert a vowel between and make it like "Mebanza" (or in Twi "mepa," "nekɔ," "meframa" instead of mpa, nkɔ, mframa).
Indeed, the humming is a good idea. The thing is that there is two types like "nt" and "n't" for example, the first one is really short while the second one is more pronounced.
As you can hear in this: http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/80001-Kikongo-Bisono-Alphabet-%28w-Audio%29?p=87888&viewfull=1#post87888 (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/80001-Kikongo-Bisono-Alphabet-%28w-Audio%29?p=87888&viewfull=1#post87888)
Akan has the same, but in a different context (tense and aspect rather than just prefix)
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QuoteObadele Kambon;153036 wrote: Akan has the same, but in a different context (tense and aspect rather than just prefix)
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I have to study Akan.
I agree. And I have to get back to studying Kikongo. We have work to do.
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Inga, i kedika.
Kwé zolele kwénda ? or Vé zolele kwénda? is there a difference?
QuoteAgya Kwaku;155331 wrote: Kwé zolele kwénda ? or Vé zolele kwénda? is there a difference?
Kwé means "where", so the phrase means "where do you want to go?".
Ve means "no", so the phrase means something like "No, you want to go".
It's
Bwè (what, how) and
Nki (what) which have the same meaning on occasions:
"Bwè kèmbi?" and "Nki kèmbi?" both mean "What did you say?"
There is a part in the study group handout that has ve=no and vé = where. That was the vé I was referring to
QuoteAgya Kwaku;155662 wrote: There is a part in the study group handout that has ve=no and vé = where. That was the vé I was referring to
Inga, i kedika. My bad, the part you referring to says:
Don't confuse "Ve" with "Vè" (standing for vèyi), where, e.g.
Vè wena (where are you);
Vè kiena (where is it);
Vè kavwèndi (where is he/she sitting).
I took it straight from the original document that we had worked with. Nothing else was explained about it but we can see that
Kwè wena (where are you) and
Vè wena (where are you) have the exact same meaning so logically, both
Kwè zolele kwènda? and
Vè zolele kwènda? should mean the same thing. Note that the accent marks on Kwè, Vè and kwènda must be oriented to the right though.