Tsumo

Kuwanda huuya / mota yokumusana ungotumburwa. (M)

Shona Definition

There is an advantage in numbers: with others around, the boil on your back that you cannot reach yourself can be lanced for you.

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Numbers are a good thing: it was on the grandson that the arrow, shot by an enemy, came to rest.