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dhindi

Shona Definition

Kuti dhindi kurira kunoita chinhu chine mukati makashama sengoma. Vane mashavi ekutamba vakangonzwa kuti dhindi, unoona vosimuka vachitamba. Kuti dhindi kugarika usina chaunoshaiwa.

English Translation

The sound made by something hollow inside, such as a drum; on hearing dhindi, people possessed by mashavi spirits get up and dance. Also describes living comfortably, lacking nothing.

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