Lingala and Kikuyu/Lexical Selection

This page details the lexical selection process for machine translation between Lingala and Kikuyu for one-to-many mappings.

lin → kik

Solved Ambiguities

We have implemented rules to solve two ambiguous translations from Lingala to Kikuyu.

Mabele

The Lingala noun mabele can be translated as follows:

• (lin) mabele → (kik) thanga (sand); ria (milk)

Kobéta

The Lingala verb kobéta can be translated as follows:

• (lin) kobéta → (kik) ??? (to beat (as in hit)); ??? (to rain)

Unsolved Ambiguities

Kokíma

The Lingala verb kokíma can be translated as follows:

• (lin) kokíma → (kik) hanyũk (to run); ũr (to run away)

Kofánda

The Lingala verb kofánda can be translated as follows:

• (lin) kofánda → (kik) ikar (to sit); tũũr (to live (as in reside))

kobánza

The Lingala verb kobánza can be translated as follows:

• (lin) kobánza → (kik) ĩcir (to think); ririkan (to remember)

kik → lin

Solved Ambiguities

We have implemented rules to solve one ambiguous translation from Kikuyu to Lingala.

Ria

The Kikuyu noun ria can be translated as follows:

• (kik) ria → (lin) mabele (milk); etimá (pond)

Unsolved Ambiguities

Igu

The Kikuyu verb igu can be translated as follows:

• (kik) igu → (lin) kotosa (to obey); koyoka (to hear)

Rut

The Kikukyu verb rut can be translated as follows:

• (kik) rut → (lin) koyekola (to learn); kokukula (to remove)