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kwipu

Shona Definition

Kuti kwipu kurova munhu uchishandisa shamhu inomonera anenge arohwa wacho. Akati mombe kwipu netyava. Kuti kwipu kudenhuka kwechakateyiwa, sezvinoita dhibhura.

English Translation

Describes striking someone with a whip that coils around the one being beaten. He struck the beast kwipu with the whip. Also describes the springing of a set trap, as a spring trap does.

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