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kwidiba

Shona Definition

Kuti kwidiba kungoerekana wavhara chinhu. Pavakaona vanhu vaiuya nekumba kwavo, vakabva vati poto yechibage kwidiba vachiisairira kuseri kwedzimwe. Paairamba achichema, akazongoerekana anzi kwidiba nembama, achibva azoti mwiro-o.

English Translation

Describes covering something up all of a sudden. When they saw people coming towards their home, they clapped the lid on the pot of maize kwidiba and tucked it away behind the others. As he went on crying, he was suddenly given a slap kwidiba, and then fell silent.

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