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Shona Definition
Munhu asina zvinhu zvakawanda zvokuzviyamura nazvo pabasa rinenge richiitwa novoruzhinji haafaniri kutsutsumwa kana akawana mubayiro muduku sezvo anga asina zvombo zvakakwana.
English Translation
There is no room to grumble at a small return if you supplied little in the way of tools or means for work done in common: what comes back to you answers to what you put in.
Cultural Context
“The source glosses nhemwa as sadza eaten without relish, and illustrates the saying with a hunt one joins without bringing a dog.”
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This is a variant of
Ndiyo hayo / nyama yousina imbwaFor a person who keeps no dogs, that much meat is quite enough.