crangba

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɑ̃ŋ.ba/

Adjective

crangba (plural crangbas)

1. (Ivory Coast slang) present, there
   • 2005, Marie-Denise Sahué, Les gbês de Godra 2. Pourquoi nous trompent-ils ? Les hommes à la barre., Abidjan: Gbich!, →OCLC, page 28:

     Si au moins le môgô te donnait quelque chose, j’allais comprendre que c’est à cause de ça que tu es crangba chez lui. Mais, y a fohi !

     If at least the nigger would have given you a thing as a present, I were to understand that this is because you are there for him. But there is nothing!

   • 2009, “G-Playa Party I”, in King Of South‎^[1], performed by Lil perso:

     Ma conquête à moi est déja positionnée
     Crangba et prête à tout me déballer
     De gauche à droite y a encore des gomis qui bougent

     My conquest is already positioned for me
     Present and ready for being unwrapped wholly for me
     From right and left there are yet boogying girlfriends

Derived terms

• crangbaly (“situation, state of affairs”)