Kirundi
inzobe
een-ZOH-beh
How to say it
Kirundiinzobeeen-ZOH-behsoon
Englishlight colored Africansoon
Frenchafricain à peau clairesoon
Meaning
a person with unusually light or fair-colored skin.
Good to know
light colored African
Examples
- Uwo mwana ni inzobe mu bavandimwe biwe.That child is the light-skinned one among his siblings.
- Inzobe si ubwoko, ni ukuvuga ibara ry'urukoba.Inzobe isn't an ethnicity, it just describes skin tone.
- Basanze inzobe imwe muri urwo rugo.They found one fair-skinned person in that household.
- Yavutse ari inzobe nk'inshuti ye.He was born light-skinned, like his friend.
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