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Shona Definition
Kana musikana asina kukupa kachenesamwoyo kana kutaura mazwi anorerekera kurudo haakodzeri kuteverwa kana kutaurwa naye zvakare.
English Translation
An animal that has left no blood trail cannot be tracked. A suitor should pursue a woman who has given him some encouragement, but with no sign of interest from her there is nothing to follow.
Cultural Context
“Applied to courtship, to say whether a man has grounds to keep pressing his case.”
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