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engambe
e-NGA-mbe
tall
French: grand / élancé
Mobali oyo azali engambe.
This man is tall.
Cet homme est grand.
Tall — height that draws the eye upward. Engambe describes someone tall and long-limbed. In a culture that admires a fine bearing, to be engambe is to stand out in a crowd.
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