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Anonyumwa chati kwata / ndeane katurikwa

Shona Definition

English Translation

The one who is unsettled by the sound of something dropping is the one who hung something up in the first place. A person starts at an alarm because they have something of their own involved.

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This is a variant of

Anonyumwa bere kurira / ndouya akazora manda

The one who startles at the hyena's cry is the one who has rubbed himself with fat, since he is the one with something to fear.