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nyandu

Shona Definition

Kuti nyandu kumira kunoita vhudzi remunhu kana richinge risina kukamwa, kana kuti wabatwa nokutya.Pandakapfuura nepamakuva usiku, ndakanzwa vhudzi rangu kuti nyandu nemusoro wangu. Kuti nyandu kukwakuka kunoita munhu naambenae aaere.

English Translation

Describes the standing on end of a person's hair, either when it is uncombed or when one is seized by fear. Example: passing by the graves at night, one feels one's hair stand up on one's head; also used of a person starting up suddenly (apparently from lying down).

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