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Shona Definition
Kuita chinhu muchivande kunge kuri kuda kuti chizivikanwe nehama dzoga, kwete navatorwa. Kana munhu akabika doro achirivandaidza zvinoreva kuti haadi kuti rinwiwe novokunze.
English Translation
Whatever is done in secret is intended to serve only one's own household, not strangers. The person who hides what he has prepared means it to be enjoyed by his own people alone.
Cultural Context
“Said of someone who keeps a benefit quiet so that it stays within the family circle, as with beer brewed in secret.”
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This is a variant of
Avhiyira mbudzi kumusana / ati vana vakwaneA man skinning the goat while it still hangs in the cloth on his back is set on seeing his children eat to satisfaction.