Language/Lingala/Vocabulary/In-the-kitchen

In the kitchen – Learn the Lingala Language

Verbs

• kobela – to be cooked
• kobonga – to pour (liquid)
• kokalinga – to roast
• kokata – to cut
• kolamba – to cook
• koleisa – to feed
• kolia – to eat
• komela – to drink
• kopola – to rot (meat)  

Vocabulary

• ananasi – pineapple
• bilei – food
• bitabe – banana
• bokenzu – spicy
• bololo – sour
• cafe – coffee
• chicwangue – cassava loaf
• chocolat – chocolate
• cossettes – cassava chips
• dongodongo – okra
• ekutu – pumpkin
• fufu – cassava flour
• kanya – fork
• kimpuka (bimpuka) – cassava paste(s)
• kopo – cup kuku – kitchen
• kunde – peas
• libazi – lemon
• libenge (mabenge) – potato(es)
• liboke (maboke) – fish(es) wrapped in leaves
• likei (makei) – egg(s)
• likemba (makemba) – plantain(s)
• lilala – orange (K)
• lipa – bread
• lipela – guava
• lisango (masango) – corn, maize
• lititi – herb
• litungulu – onion
• litungulu ngenge – garlic
• liyebu – mushroom
• loso – rice
• lutu – spoon
• madesu – beans
• mafuta – oil
• mafuta ya mbila – clear cooking oil
• mafuta ya nzoi – honey
• mateka – butter
• mayi – water
• mbala – potato (K), sweet potato
• mbeli – knife
• mbisi – fish
• mboloko – antelope
• mboma – yam
• mboto – maize
• mbuma – fruit
• mia – hungry (K)
• miliki – milk
• molangi (milangi) – bottle(s)
• mosaka mwamba – less refined cooking oil
• mosuni (misuni) – flesh, meat(s)
• moye – heat mpiodi – a cheap, imported fish, also called Thompson
• mpondu – manioc
• mukuwa (mikuwa) – bone(s)
• mungwa, monana – salt
• mwamba – palm oil
• mwamba nguba – peanut butter
• ndimo – orange
• ndunda – vegetables
• ndunda mobesu – salad lettuce
• ngombe mobali – bull
• ngombe mwasi – cow
• nguba – peanuts (K)
• ngungutu – aubergine
• nsimbiliki na ndako – rabbit
• nsongo – cassava
• ntaba – goat
• ntaba mobali – billy goat
• ntaba mwasi – nanny goat
• nyama – meat
• nyama ya mpate – mutton
• nyama ya ngombe – beef
• nzala – hungry
• pamplemousse – grapefruit
• pilipili – pepper
• samba – commercially processed cooking oil
• sani (basani) – plate(s)
• soso – chicken
• sukali – sugar
• supu – soup
• tangawisi – ginger
• tomati – tomato
• vere – glass   

(K) denotes Kinshasa Lingala word variant

Source

https://lobalingala.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/23042014-loba-lingala.pdf

Other Lessons

• Body parts
• Around the house
• Earth
• At the market
• Family
• Days of the Week
• Contractions
• On the road
• God and Religion
• In the forest
• How to Say Hello and Greetings
• Street life
• Greetings
• Education
• Water