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Shona Definition
Patsika yechivanhu, gora haridyiwi nokudaro kana munhu akashingirira kuridya anenge achiziva kuti ari kuita chinhu chisingabvumidzwi. Kushinga kuita chinhu chakaipa munhu achiziva kunozomudzokera panguva inotevera.
English Translation
Eat a wild cat and the day will come when it eats you in turn. Anyone who knowingly dares to break a prohibition will have to carry the consequences later.
Cultural Context
“Invoked where a taboo is at stake — the wild cat being an animal Shona custom does not allow to be eaten.”
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