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Shona Definition
Munhu anenge ari mukuru-mukuru ngaataridze ungwaru nezivo pakutonga nyaya. Kana akada kuita "Benyumundiro" anobva anzi anoruta sepwere inogonda pava pakudya — asi pfungwa dzayo dzisina kumaturo.
English Translation
A grown man should enlarge his head rather than his stomach, for a big belly only makes him childlike. A leader is respected for judgement and understanding, not for appetite.
Cultural Context
“Applied to people in authority, warning that greed for food in place of wisdom makes a man look like a child who only comes alive at mealtimes.”
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