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Shona Definition
Paya panokandwa zvipo zvokubatsira vanotambura, munhu ane hama inenge irimo mukati anobva abvisa zvizhinji achiziva kuti zvichayamurawo hama yake. Rombe rikapemha pamukova wehama yaro rinopiwa zvizhinji nokuda kwoukama.
English Translation
Deep sympathy is what makes a person help a relative who is begging. Where donations are collected for those in need, whoever has a kinsman among them gives more, knowing his own relative will be helped by it.
Cultural Context
“A beggar who asks at the door of a relative is given more than he would otherwise receive.”
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