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Shona Definition
Kazhinji nhamo inoona mwanasikana achiri kumurume wake nyangwe matambudziko anomuwira kana achinge arambwa, anoshungurudza pfungwa dzavabereki vake. Izvi ndizvo zvinoita kuti mubereki wose ane mwanasikana pamba pake abve aziva kuti rimwe zuva achatowana mhosva yaanotonga pamwanasikana iyeye.
English Translation
Raising a daughter is laying up disputes for yourself: whatever she suffers in her husband's home, or after being sent away, comes back to torment her parents. Anyone with a daughter in the house should expect that one day a case concerning her will land on them.
Cultural Context
“Said of parents who find that a daughter's marital troubles inevitably become their own affair to settle.”
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