Tsumo

Rutsva runomerera / nokuona rumwe. (-merera: grow)

Shona Definition

Kupindurana namazwi akaipa kunoita kuti shungu dziviruke. Kana munhu akakutuka iwe ukanyarara zvako, iyewo anokurumidza kunyarara.

Trading harsh words only feeds anger and makes it spread further. If you meet an insult with silence, the other person soon falls quiet as well.

“Said to urge restraint when someone abuses you, since not answering back puts the quarrel out.”

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One grass fire catches and spreads once it sees another burning.