KIKONGO GRAMMAR - BITE SIZE

Mu; Mu(si) = singular
Ba; Be(si) = plural

e.g:

MU-KONGO(Mukongo)

BA-KONGO(Bakongo); NOTE: THERE IS NO “s”

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MU-NTU(Muntu)

BA-NTU(Bantu)

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MU-Zombo(Muzombo) =   of Makela do Zombo county(Angola)

BA-Zombo(Bazombo) = people from Makela do Zombo

MU-Ana(Muana or Mwana) = son/daughter            B-Ana(Bana) = children

Mwana Kongo Dia Ntontela     Bana Ba Kongo Dia Ntontela
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Musi Nkusu-Mpete = of Nkusu-Mpete disttrict in Damba county(Angola)

Besi Nkusu-Mpete = people from Nkusu-Mpete
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Mind the nasals M and N

NKUMBU = A NOUN

KUMBU = FAME

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NTOTELA =Dynastic name(majesty)

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KIKONGO LANGUAGE - ACADEMIC LIBRARY

HISTOIRE DE LOANGO,KAKONGO - M. l'Abbé PROYART(1776)

KIKONGO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (BRI's edition) - William H. BENTLEY(1887)

ENGLISH-KIKONGO DICTIONARY (BRI's edition) - William H. BENTLEY(1887)

THE COMPLETE BENTLEY***ENGLISH-KIKONGO & KIKONGO-ENGLISH*** DICTIONARY AND GRAMMAR(BRI's edition) - William H. Bentley(1887)

KIKONGO GRAMMAR(BRI's edition) - William H. BENTLEY(1887)

MVILA ZA MAKANDA (BRI's edition) - Jean CUVILIER (1934)

ELONGI DIA KIKONGO (cours de Kikongo [French] - Léon DEREAU (1955)

NKUTAMA A DIAMBU/MAMBU lexique Kikongo[French] - K.E. LAMAN (1957)

NKIKU A NDINGA KIKONGO (grammaire Kikongo[French] (1960)

KIKONGO LANGUAGE COURSE by the Rev.João MAKONDEKWA - (1987)

A KONGO PRINCESS by Richard GRAY(University of London - 1999)

NKONGO YE KISI KONGO by the Honorable Mr. Ernesto NZAKUNDOMBA (2006)

DICIONÁRIO DE PROVÉRBIOS KIKONGO(in French and English) by the Honorable Mr. Emanuel KUNZIKA (2008)

Os Zombo na Tradição, na Colónia e na Independência by Professor José Carlos de Oliveira of University of Coimbra(Portugal) 2008.

NSI A KONGO by Daniel Veloso Álvaro Ndonda-Yele

AS ORIGENS DO REINO do KÔNGO by Patrício BATSÎKAMA(2010)

ESTRUTURAS E INSTITUIÇÕES DO KÔNGO by

Patrício Batsîkama(2011)

O REINO DO KÔNGO E A SUA ORIGEM MERIDIONAL by Patrício Batsîkama(2011)

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Dictionary English - Kikongo (by Rev. W. Holman BENTLEY[kibentele])

Lombila - Nkuwa kia kakatu...

tata Andre Masaki

LUVILA evo NGENDA

O muntu muna kisi nsi kia esi KONGO mu kunku yole ya nene ka siwanga, ki Se ye Kanda. E ndambu a ki Se yi tangilwangwa mu tini kia ntente, wau vo yani yi mbuta muna nzo, yani wa somp'e nkento, se si wa kobol'e mwana muna vumu kia nkento. Vo yi kanda, di siwanga mu tini ye mu kunku kia zole, kadi vo e ngudi ku nim'a yakala ka lekanga, sompwa ka sompwa: kama kia mbizi ye malavu. O mwana siwa ka siwa muna vumu, menga ma ngani.

E yayi e kunku ya toma zita ye zitiswa kibeni mu lund'e mavimpi, luzingu ye moyo a konso muntu a kisi kongo. Muntu lenda wutukila va kanda, muna diodio kanda ka vwilu, mu ka wutukidi, esi kanda a fwete kidi kaya muna vumu-vumu muna vovela muntu ndioyo.

Mbandu nze mwisi ki Vela o sompele nkento wa mwisi ki Nalukoma ye kialu. E an'a singa gut'a fwete kala, an'a na Vela e kanda diau, yi ki Nalukoma ye Kialu, kadi e ngudi au mwisi ki Nalukoma ye Kialu, vo o mwana kolele ndioyo wa wutwa mu zozo e mvila zau zole, muna ku nsompesa, esi k Vela ye esi ki Nalukoma a fwete vwanda ku mosi mu tala ye sikids'e longo lolo lwa mwan'a kwa ki Vela ye kanda dia Nalukoma ye Kialu.

Vena ye mvila za yingi mu kisi kongo, kansi e zi sundidi za tuka muna kongo kumi ye zole zi tomene zayakana, za mwangana mu nsi yayi ya wonsono ya kongo. Muna za yenda vundidi ye vwanda, mu kuma kia ntokani, nzonza ye mfwilu, ndong'a vambana muna makanda. Ndonga mpe ya vila ka yi zeye nkutu luvila lwa se ye ngudi zau ko, e ma se ye ngudi mpe k'a zeye nkutu tini

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