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