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mai ya mpondu
MA-i YA MPO-ndu
dark green / olive (color)
French: vert fonce / olive
Asombi kazaka ya mai ya mpondu.
He bought a dark green jacket.
Il a achete une veste vert fonce.
Mai ya mpondu — dark green, the deep color of cassava-leaf water. Literally "water of mpondu." A wonderfully Kongo way to name a color — by the dish that produces it.
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