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mutu gbagba
MU-tu GBA-gba
blockhead / empty head (insult)
French: tete vide / nigaud (argot)
Mutu gbagba oyo ayokaka te.
This blockhead does not listen.
Cette tete vide n'ecoute pas.
Mutu gbagba — literally "head [+ ideophone for clumsy/bulky]." INSULT mocking stubbornness or lack of intelligence. Gbagba is a Kinshasa street ideophone for something heavy, dull, and unresponsive.
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