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hwatata

Shona Definition

Kuti hwatata kurara pasi kwemhuka ichihwandira imwe, kana kuti kwevanhu vachihwandirana. Shumba yakati hwatata neuswa kuti nyati iswedere pedyo nayo. kwavarara .

English Translation

Describes an animal lying low in ambush for another, or people lying in wait for one another — as a lion lies hidden in the grass so that a buffalo will come near it.

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