Meaning
Ragged, messy, tangled, or in disorder — 'nyaga nyaga' describes something untidy and knotted up, from unkempt hair to a chaotic, drawn-out situation you have to 'haul and pull' to sort out. The reduplication paints the mess.
Examples
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Di whole ting nyaga nyaga, a mess.
The whole thing is a tangled mess.
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Comb out di nyaga nyaga hair.
Comb out the tangled hair.
Origin
Reduplicated form for tangled/messy. See [[haul-and-pull]], [[bungle]].
How it’s used
Ragged/tangled/in disorder.