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shutu

Shona Definition

Kuti shutu kunyarara munhu akatsamwa, zvokuti anenge asingadi zvokutaudzwa. Murume akanonoka kusvika pamba, ndokuwana mudzima akangoti shutu. Kuti shutu kuzara kwezvinhu, mungava musaga kana pamwewo.

English Translation

"Kuti shutu" means silence when someone is angry, to the point that they don't want to be spoken to. The husband arrived home late and found his wife in a silent, angry mood. "Kuti shutu" also means fullness of things, whether in a sack or elsewhere.

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