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Shona Definition
Kazhinji vanhu vanodya vakaguta parufu rwomupfumi.
English Translation
At a rich man's funeral people usually eat their fill; his death is something they look forward to, since they expect some of what he owned to come to them.
Cultural Context
“The book glosses mahono as big fish, and gives as an example the male relatives of a polygamist, who await his death so as to inherit his wives.”
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This is a variant of
Pachapwa madziva / miramba tichanyururaThe barbel become ours to scoop up only after the pools have lost their water.