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Shona Definition
Kugomba kwomwana muduku pamwe hakuna zvakunoreva, asi kwomukuru kunokumbira chimwe chinhu.
English Translation
A small child's yawn may carry no message at all, but when a grown person yawns it is a roundabout way of asking for something. Children ask outright; adults hint.
Cultural Context
“Used of indirect requests, as when a man in debt calls on a neighbour and dwells at length on his troubles so as to be offered a loan.”
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