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Chikomba hachina muchero

Shona Definition

Kana munhu akaita upombwe nomukadzi womumwe pakabuda mwana; mwanayo haazi wake asi kuti ndowomuritizi womukadzi.

English Translation

A man who has an affair with another man's wife has no claim to any child born of it; the child belongs to the lawful husband.

Cultural Context

“Invoked over the paternity of a child conceived in adultery.”

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