límbisa

Lingala

Etymology

From -límba (“to pull, to stretch”) +‎ -is- (“causative infix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli˩.ᵐbi˩.sa˩/

Verb

-límbisa (infinitive kolímbisa)

1. to forgive, to pardon

   Límbísá ngáí. ― Forgive me. / Pardon me.

Derived terms

• bolímbisami
• bolímbisani
• bolímbisi
• límbama
• límbisama
• límbisana
• molímbisi
• ndímbisa

 

References

• “límbisa” in Dictionnaire lingala-français
• Ashem Tem Kawata (2004) Dictionnaire lingala-falansé et français-lingala (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN , page 123.