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Mai musuva usingasehwi mumuto

Shona Definition

Mai munhu anodiwa nomwana wose. Nyangwe dai mai vari varombo, chiri chirema, kana kuti vane hasha, mwana anongovatora sandivo munhu akanaka kupinda vose.

English Translation

A mother is loved by her child no matter what she is like — poor, disabled or bad-tempered — and to that child she is the finest person alive. One cannot dislike one's own mother, whatever others in the community think of her.

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