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Shona Definition
Chinhu chikaitika pedyo neimwe mhuri chinosanganisa navavakidzani pakutaurwa kwacho. Kana mumusha mukapondwa munhu vanhu vose varimo vanotarisirwa kupa umboo pamhosva iyi.
English Translation
Huts standing side by side go up in flames together: whatever befalls one household catches the neighbours in it too. If someone is killed in a village, every person living there is expected to give evidence.
Cultural Context
“Said of people living close together who cannot stay clear of one another's troubles, as when a crime draws all the villagers into the questioning.”
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