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Shona Definition
Kana mwana akaira aponwa anogona kutambwa naye chero naani naani ano rudo naye. Vanhu vanofarira mwana muduku zvokuti kana mai vake havangamborambi kuti atambwe naye.
English Translation
A mother has her unborn child entirely to herself, but once it is born anyone fond of it may play with it. Small children delight everyone around, and the mother would not refuse them.
Cultural Context
“Said when a newborn becomes the shared joy of the whole neighbourhood.”
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