piga moyo konde

Swahili

Etymology

Literally, “strike [one's] heart with a fist”.[1]

Pronunciation
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Verb

-piga moyo konde (infinitive kupiga moyo konde)

  1. (idiomatic) to be brave

Conjugation
Conjugation of -piga moyo konde: see -piga.

References
  1. Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (2023) “Kiswahili Research in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics”, in Swahili Forum‎, volume 30, →ISSN, page 204 of 196-214: “kupiga moyo konde ‘encourage’, lit. ‘to beat heart with a fist’”
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