Editing Kongo language (section)

== Vocabulary ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Word        || Translation
|--
| kiambote, yenge (kiaku, kieno) / mbot'aku / mbotieno (mboti'eno) / mbote zeno / mbote / mboti / mboto / bueke / buekanu   <ref>Kiambote kiaku / mbot'aku (hello/good morning to you (to one person)), kiambote kieno / mbote zeno / mbotieno / buekanu (hello/good morning to many people), yenge kiaku (hello/good morning to you / peace to you (to one person)), yenge kieno (hello/good morning to many people / peace to you (to many people))</ref>  || hello, good morning
|-
|malafu, malavu
|alcoholic drink
|-
|diamba
|hemp
|-
|binkutu, binkuti
|clothes
|--
|ntoto, mutoto|| soil, floor, ground, Earth
|--
| nsi, tsi, si || country, province, region
|--
| vata, gata, divata, digata, dihata, diɣata, buala (or bwala), bual' (or bwal', bualë, bwalë), bula, hata, ɣata || village
|--
| mavata, magata, mahata, maɣata, mala, maala || villages
|--
| nzo || house
|--
| zulu, yulu, yilu       || sky, top, above
|--
| maza, masa, mamba, maamba, masi, nlangu, mazi, maampa      || water
|--
| tiya, mbasu, mbawu  || fire
|--
| makaya || leaves (example : hemp leaves)
|--
| bakala, yakala || man, husband
|--
| nkento, mukento, nkiento, ncyento, nciento, ntchiento, ntchientu, ntchetu, ntcheetu, ncetu, nceetu, mukietu, mukeetu, mukeeto || woman
|-
| mukazi, nkazi, nkasi, mukasi
|spouse (wife)
|--
| mulumi, nlumi, nnuni
|spouse (husband)
|--
| muana (or mwana) ndumba, ndumba
|young girl, single young woman
|--
| nkumbu / zina / li zina / dizina / ligina <ref>The family name and first name were not part of the Kongo culture, meaning the Kongo people gave the children a name based on the circumstances surrounding their birth, significant events, etc. The rule of giving a surname, a first name and a middle name to the children was introduced by the Westerners (Portuguese, French and Belgians).</ref>
|name
|--
| kudia, kudya, kulia, kulya  || to eat
|--
| kunua, kunwa || to drink
|--
| nene      || big
|--
| fioti     || small
|--
| mpimpa     || night
|--
| lumbu       || day
|--
| kukovola, kukofola, kukofula, kukoola, kukogola, kukohola, kukosula || to cough
|--
| kuvana, kugana, kuhana, kuɣana || to give
|--
| nzola, zola || love
|--
| luzolo, luzolu || love, will
|--
| kutanga, kutaangë || to read
|-
| kusoneka, kusonikë, kusonika, kusonik', kutina || to write
|--
| kuvova, kuta, kuzonza, kutuba, kutub', kugoga, kuɣoɣa, kuhoha, utuba   || to say, to speak, to talk, to tell
|--
|kuzola, kutsola, kutsolo, kuzolo, uzola
|to love
|--
| ntangu || time, sun, hour
|--
| kuseva, kusega, kuseɣa, kuseha, kusefa, kusefë, kusef', kuseya || to laugh
|--
| nzambi || god
|--
| luzitu || the respect
|--
| lufua, lufwa || the death
|--
| yi ku zolele / i ku zolele <ref>Yi ku zolele, i ku zolele and ngeye nzolele are used in several variants of Kikongo such as kintandu, kisingombe, kimanianga, kikongo of boko,...</ref> / ngeye nzolele / ni ku zololo (or ni ku zolele) (Ladi) / minu i ku zoleze (Ibinda) / mi ya ku zola (Vili) / minu i ku tidi (Cabindan Yombe) / mê nge nzololo (or mê nge nzolele) (Ladi) / minu i ku zoleze (Cabindan Woyo) /  minu i ba ku zola (Linji, Linge) / mi be ku zol' (or mi be ku zolë) (Vili) / me ni ku tiri (Beembe) / minu i ku tili || i love you
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
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!Days of the week in English
!Kisikongo and Kizombo
![[Republic of the Congo|Congolese]][[File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg |23px|border]] Yombe
!Ladi (Lari)
!Vili<ref>Old version of the days of week in Vili: Ntoonu (Monday), Nsilu (Tuesday), Nkoyo (Wednesday), Bukonzo (Thursday), Mpika (Friday), Nduka (Saturday), Sona (Sunday).</ref>
!Ibinda
!Ntandu
!Kisingombe and Kimanianga
|-
|Monday
|Kyamosi
|{{lang|yom|Un'tône }}
|{{lang|ldi|Buduka / Nsila }}
|Un'tône
|Tchikunda
|Kintete
|Kiamonde / Kiantete
|-
|Tuesday
|Kyazole
|{{lang|yom|N'silu }}
|{{lang|ldi|Nkênge}}
|N'silu
|Tchimuali / Tchimwali
|Kinzole
|Kianzole
|-
|Wednesday
|Kyatatu
|{{lang|yom|Un'duka }}
|{{lang|ldi|Mpika}}
|Un'duk'
|Tchintatu
|Kintatu
|Kiantatu
|-
|Thursday
|Kyaya
|{{lang|yom|N'sone }}
|{{lang|ldi|Nkôyi}}
|N'sone
|Tchinna
|Kinya
|Kianya
|-
|Friday
|Kyatanu
|{{lang|yom|Bukonzu }}
|{{lang|ldi|Bukônzo}}
|Bukonz'
|Tchintanu
|Kintanu
|Kiantanu
|-
|Saturday
|Kyasabala
|{{lang|yom|Sab'l }}
|{{lang|ldi|Saba / Sabala}}
|Sab'l
|Tchisabala
|Sabala
|Kiasabala
|-
|Sunday
|Kyalumingu
|{{lang|yom|Lumingu }}
|{{lang|ldi|Lumîngu / Nsona}}
|Lumingu
|Tchilumingu
|Lumingu
|Kialumingu
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Numbers 1 to 10 in English !!Kisikongo and Kizombo!!Ladi (Lari) !!Ntandu !! Solongo  !!Yombe  !!Beembe !!Vili  !!Kisingombe and Kimanianga !!Ibinda
|-
| One ||Mosi ||Mosi ||Mosi ||Mosi / Kosi ||Mosi ||Mosi ||Muek' / Mesi||Mosi ||Mueka / Tchimueka
|-
| Two ||Zole ||Zole  ||Zole  ||Zole  ||Wadi || Boolo / Biole ||Wali ||Zole ||Wali
|-
| Three  ||Tatu ||Tatu ||Tatu ||Tatu ||Tatu ||Tatu / Bitatu ||Tatu ||Tatu  ||Tatu
|-
| Four ||Ya ||Ya  ||Ya  ||Ya  ||Ya ||Na / Bina ||Na ||Ya ||Na
|-
| Five ||Tanu ||Tanu  ||Tanu  ||Tanu ||Tanu ||Taanu / Bitane ||Tanu ||Tanu ||Tanu
|-
| Six ||Sambanu ||Sambanu  ||Sambanu  ||Nsambanu / Sambanu  ||Sambanu  || Saambanu / Saamunu / Samne  ||Samunu  ||Sambanu ||Sambanu
|-
| Seven ||Nsambuadi (Nsambwadi) / Nsambuadia (Nsambwadia) ||Nsambuadi (Nsambwadi) ||Sambuadi  (Sambwadi) ||Nsambuadi (Nsambwadi) / Sambuadi  (Sambwadi)  || Tsambuadi (Tsambwadi) ||Tsambe   ||Sambuali (Sambwali)||Nsambuadi (Nsambwadi) / Nsambodia  ||Sambuali (Sambwali)
|-
| Eight ||Nana ||Nana / Mpoomo / Mpuomô||Nana  ||Nana  ||Dinana ||Mpoomo ||Nana ||Nana ||Nana
|-
| Nine ||Vua (Vwa) / Vue (Vwe) ||Vua (Vwa) ||Vua (Vwa) ||Vua (Vwa) ||Divua (Divwa) ||Wa || Vua  (Vwa) || Vua  (Vwa) || Vua  (Vwa)
|-
| Ten ||Kumi ||Kumi  ||Kumi / Kumi dimosi  ||Kumi  ||Dikumi ||Kumi ||Kumi ||Kumi ||Kumi
|}

=== English words of Kongo origin ===
* The [[Southern American English]] word "goober", meaning [[peanut]], comes from Kongo ''nguba''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/16/G0191600.html|title=Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more|website=www.bartleby.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328052814/http://www.bartleby.com/61/16/G0191600.html|archive-date=2008-03-28}}</ref>
* The word [[funk]], or funky, in American [[popular music]] has its origin, some say, in the Kongo word ''Lu-fuki''.<ref>Farris Thompson, in his work Flash Of The Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy</ref>
* The name of the Cuban dance ''[[mambo (dance)|mambo]]'' comes from a Bantu word meaning "conversation with the gods".
In addition, the roller coaster [[Kumba (roller coaster)|Kumba]] at [[Busch Gardens Tampa Bay]] in [[Tampa, Florida]] gets its name from the Kongo word for "roar".
* The word [[chimpanzee]]