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Shona Definition
Kana mwanasikana aroorwa anobva pamusha pababa vake achienda kure kwaanondogara nomurume wake nokutangisa mhuri yavo.
English Translation
A daughter is like castor-oil seed flung out when the pod bursts: on marrying she leaves her father's homestead for a distant one, where she and her husband begin a household of their own.
Cultural Context
“Said to parents who take pride in a daughter, reminding them that unlike a son she will not remain with the family once she marries.”
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