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Shona Definition
Iyi itsumo inotaura nezvokusavimbika kwamaPutukezi munguva dzavauya munyika muno makare-kare. Kune ngano dzinoti vaiti kana vakataura ichi nhasi, mangwana voshanduka votaura zvimwe. Izvi zvakakanganisa vaManyika dzamara vaburitsa mutauro uyu wakadzoka wova tsumo yedu.
English Translation
The word of the Portuguese was like a bout of diarrhoea that soon settles: what they said one day they had reversed by the next. It speaks of people whose statements cannot be depended on.
Cultural Context
“It grew out of the Manyika people's frustration with the early Portuguese arrivals and is applied to anyone who keeps changing what they say.”
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This is a variant of
MaZungu manyoka / haatani kuumbukaThe Portuguese are like a griping stomach: they turn over again in no time.