mutoti-mutoti
/phonetic/method
1.
Doing something little by little; progress in small increments.
Bit by bit, little by little, drip-feed style. Imagine pouring hupfu through a pin-hole funnel: progress is real, but you’re gonna age a decade before the pot is full. Synonyms: chipatapata (slowly), zvishoma-nezvishoma. Life hack: When someone says the bag will come mutoti-mutoti, pack a sandwich and a charging cable, you’ll be there a while.
"Mota yaita kugadzirwa mutoti-mutoti, nhasi oil change, mangwana plugs."
Translation: "The car was getting fixed bit by bit, oil change today, spark plugs the following day."
Etymology
Contemporary Zimbabwean slang. First documented in urban areas.
by Kudzi X