mbala

Lingala

Alternative forms

• mbalà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈᵐba˩.la˩/

Noun

mbala class 9 (plural mbala class 10, colloquial plural bambala class 2)

1. time, turn
   • 2023 September 19, Eddy Isango, “Wuta New York”, in Voice of America Lingala‎^[1]:

     Tshisekedi asakoli ete akozala na maponami mpo bokonzi ya mbala ya mibale

     Tshisekedi has announced that he will run for a second term (literally: for the second time as leader) in the elections

Mono (Congo)

Noun

mbala

1. elephant

References

• Kenneth Olson (2009) “Mono digital wordlist: Presentation form”, in Linguistic Discovery‎^[2], volume 7, number 1, archived from the original on 23 April 2023, pages 131–141

Teke-Tyee

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Noun

mbala (plural bambala)

1. genet