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dhabhu

Shona Definition

Kuti dhabhu kurovera pasi nokukwira mudenga kungaitwa nechinhu chakaita sebhora. Bhora rakasvikorovera pasi zvine simba, ndokubva rati, dhabhu mudengazve. Kuti dhabhu kukwira nokudzika kunoita mapapiro eshiri huru kana yoda kubururuka.

English Translation

Describes striking the ground and bouncing back up into the air, as a ball does; a ball hit the ground hard and went dhabhu back up into the air. Also describes the up-and-down beating of a large bird's wings as it prepares to take off.

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