gukomantara

How to say it

Meaning

to become hard-hearted, or to be packed hard, as a path worn firm by many feet.

Good to know

figurative for callousness, and literal for ground packed hard by use.

Examples

• Umutima wiwe warakomantaye kubera ivyo yabonye.His heart became hard because of what he had seen.
• Iyo nzira irakomantara kubera abayicamwo benshi.That path is packed hard because so many people pass on it.
• Ntawundi wamenye ko yakomantaye ku buryo atakimenya urukundo.No one knew he had become so hard-hearted that he no longer knew love.
• Uwo mwana azokomantara nimba akomeje kubonana n'abagizi ba nabi.That child will become hard-hearted if he keeps associating with wrongdoers.