Example 58-142

lele ya mpembe/bule
lele
garment
ya
conn
mpembe/bule
white/blue
white/blue garment
Comment:
The basic colour terms are mpembe 'white', ndombe 'black', and mbwaki 'red'. They are all used with the connective ya when modifying a head noun. For 'blue', the word bule (< FR bleu) is used. It is the same word that is used for a blue dye sold during the colonial period to dye police uniforms after washing them.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge