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Shona Definition
Uku kutsamwisa munhu, mhuka kana zvipembenene zvinoruma, zvinenge zvakazvigarira zvazvo. Ukanyan'anyura nhundu yemago, unorumwa zvakaipisisa. Ku nyan'anyura kucheka-cheka munhu nebanga kana reza, asi izvi zvichingoitwa masiyandaita.
English Translation
This is provoking a person, animal, or insects that bite, when they are in their natural state. If you disturb a tsetse fly, you will be bitten badly. To 'nyan'anyura' is to cut someone repeatedly with a knife or razor, but this is done in a superficial way.
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