guhanga

How to say it

Meaning

to fix one's gaze intently on something, or to create something new through thought.

Good to know

covers both staring hard at something and inventing or devising something original; the source of the noun umuhanga (expert, inventor).

Examples

• Ndahanga iyo shusho, ntanyumve.I am staring at that picture and I cannot make sense of it.
• Uzohanga igikoresho gishasha?Will you invent a new tool?
• Ntuhange amaso ku bandi, ni ivyubahiro bike.Do not stare at other people, it is rude.
• Uwo muhinga yahanze imashini ikoresha izuba.That scientist invented a machine that uses the sun.