Shona Definition
Kuti daku daku mafambiro ekusvetuka anoitwa nemhuka diki dzakaita setsuro. Katsuro kaiti daku daku kachitsvaga zvokudya. dau dau, kwaku kwaku, tomu tomu, warn warn . Kuti daku daku kubarika kunoita tumvari twomoto tuchibva pachitsiga kana pamwewo. Moto waiti daku daku uchibva pamakwande. mvari mvari . Kuti daku daku kutaura munhu achikurumidza asi zvaanotaura zvichinzwikwa.
English Translation
Describes the hopping gait of small animals such as hares (example: the little hare went daku daku looking for food; compare dau dau, kwaku kwaku, tomu tomu, warn warn); also the sparks of a fire flying out from a burning log or elsewhere (example: the fire went daku daku from the wood chips; compare mvari mvari); also speaking quickly yet still audibly.
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