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Shona Definition
Nhumbu haitauri chainenge yadya. Munhu mukuru haawanzoburitsi zvaanenge anzwa kana zviri zveguhwa, zvakare haatauri nyaya dziri mumwoyo make.
English Translation
The belly never announces what it has swallowed, and in the same way a person of standing keeps to himself what he learns and what lies in his heart.
Cultural Context
“Invoked to praise discretion and to warn against passing on gossip or confidences.”
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This is a variant of
Nhumbu mukadzi mukuru / hairevi chayadyaThe belly behaves like a senior wife: it keeps quiet about whatever it has consumed.