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Shona Definition
Kuna vanhu vane pfungwa dzakapishana. Pose pavanoita chinhu vanogona kukonzera ngozi saka voruzhinji vakafanira kuchenjerera vanhu vakadai. Mwana muduku haazivi chakanaka nechakaipa saka vabereki vakafanira kusvunura pazviito zvepwere.
English Translation
Leave plenty of room around a small child who is dancing. Some people are erratic and hard to predict, so one must allow for anything when dealing with them, just as a young child who cannot yet tell good from harmful needs grown-ups watching over it.
Cultural Context
“Said when urging caution around unpredictable people and close supervision of small children.”
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This is a variant of
Taramukai / panotamba deraMake room where a coward is dancing — the timid one puts on a big show once given space.