Kirundi
kugoyagoya
Word parts: ku-goyagoya
ku-go-ya-GO-ya
How to say it
Kirundikugoyagoyaku-go-ya-GO-yasoon
Englishto do something unwillinglysoon
Frenchfaire à contrecœursoon
Meaning
to do something unwillingly, to move about weakly or slowly, or to flicker as a flame does in the wind.
Good to know
covers a family of related weak, faltering movements: a person limping, a dying person's last struggle, a flame wavering.
Examples
- Umurwayi aragoyagoya, ntagishoboye kwimuka neza.The sick man is moving weakly, he can barely get around anymore.
- Itara riragoyagoya kubera umuyaga.The lamp is flickering because of the wind.
- Yagoyagoye ku murimo atawukunda.He did the work half-heartedly because he didn't like it.
- Ntukagoyagoye, kora neza ico dusabye.Don't drag your feet, do properly what we asked.
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