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Shona Definition
Vakuru vedu vaifarira zvokuti murume aite vakadzi vaviri kana vazhinji nokuti vaiitira kuti kana mumwe akafa, murume osara navamwe vakadzi. Tsumo iyi inowanzotaura ichikurudzira kuti varume vave namabarika.
English Translation
Having only one wife is like a poor man's single skin apron: let it snag on a tree and you are left uncovered. The old people feared that a man with one wife would be left with nothing if she died.
Cultural Context
“It was quoted to urge a man who had married only once to take further wives.”
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