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Shona Definition
Kubva kare nakare vakadzi navasikana vaitoreranwa. Mukomana achipfimba musikana haana mhosva kuti ane mukomana wake. Anotaura tsumo iyi kukurudzira musikana kuti asiyane nomukomana wake achida iye.
English Translation
A woman is compared to a gerbille that can be prised off the tree it clings to; long-standing custom allowed a girl to drop one suitor for another, so a man courting a girl who is already attached does no wrong.
Cultural Context
“Said by a man wooing a girl who already has a lover, to persuade her to leave that man for him.”
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This is a variant of
Musikana ihwati / inokwaturwa pane imweA girl is compared to a loosened strip of green bark, something that can be peeled away from where it sits.