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Shona Definition
Kana munhu akawana mabiko kana kuti doro rebira rapera, ndokugopiwa mukombe wehwahwa mumwe zvawo wange wasara, haangaendi achiti haana kunwa hwahwa pabira apa.
English Translation
Once the animal has trodden in the wet sand, it has already drunk; taking any part at all, however small, makes you a participant. Someone who got only a single leftover cup at a feast cannot claim to have had nothing.
Cultural Context
“Used to hold someone to the responsibility or reckoning of a gathering they joined, even if their share of the food or drink was tiny.”
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This is a variant of
Yatsika dope / yanwaAn animal that has left its feet in the mud has plainly been down at the water drinking. The traces it leaves behind tell you what it has done.