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tumbi

Shona Definition

Kuti tumbi kumira uchiratidza kukatyamadzwa, kana kuti usingachazivi zvokuita. Takamuwana angoti tumbi pachiteshi, bhazi raenda. -tuzu .

English Translation

Describes standing still in a way that shows astonishment, or that one no longer knows what to do. "We found him just standing there at the station, the bus having gone."

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