Kirundi
kurangara
Word parts: ku-rangara
koo-rah-NGAH-rah
How to say it
Kirundikurangarakoo-rah-NGAH-rahsoon
Englishto be emptysoon
Frenchêtre vide, être évidentsoon
Meaning
to be wide open and empty, and by extension to become so absorbed in staring at something that one gets left behind.
Good to know
to be empty, be wide open, to get left behind as you stare at something
Examples
- Uwo mugezi urarangara kubera akaduruvayo.That field lies wide open because of the drought.
- Ntarangara ku bintu bitagira intumbero.He doesn't get absorbed staring at things that don't matter.
- Ese warangaye ureba imikino ugasiga umutwaro?Did you stand there gaping at the game and forget your load?
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