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chakachaka

Shona Definition

Kuti chakachaka kuva nemiromo yakazara mafuta mushure mokudya zvine mafuta akawanda. Machira akafuma akati chakachaka neweti yakaitwa navana usiku. tapa tapa .

English Translation

Describes having the lips all smeared with fat after eating food rich in oil; also used of being soaked all over. Example: The cloths were found in the morning chakachaka with the urine the children had passed in the night. Compare tapa tapa.

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