pembezoni
peh-mbeh-ZOH-nee
How to say it
Swahilipembezonipeh-mbeh-ZOH-nee
Meaning
At the edges or outer parts of something, far from the center: the side of a road, the outskirts of a town, or the remote border regions of a country.
Good to know
A place word followed by mwa: pembezoni mwa barabara, pembezoni mwa mji. Mikoa ya pembezoni are the remote border regions; pembeni is the plainer word for aside.
Examples
- Wafanyabiashara wadogo wanauza matunda pembezoni mwa barabara.Small traders sell fruit along the edge of the road.
- Huduma za afya bado ni duni katika mikoa ya pembezoni.Health services are still poor in the remote regions.
- Wanaishi pembezoni mwa jiji la Nairobi.They live on the outskirts of the city of Nairobi.
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