"Yeye ni mrefu!"

Translation: He is tall!

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Mrefu (singular), inflected form of -refu.

Etymology (-refu)

From Proto-Bantu. Cognate with Zulu -de.

Adjective

-refu (declinable)

1) long, tall; high

2) deep

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refu

[Aerologia]

I honestly thought it came from Arabic's رَفَعَ. Thank you for your hardwork, helping us learners.

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Safi rafiki! I would like to learn more about Arabic, and perhaps we can also see more African languages here in the future. =)

[cozyshian12]

Nice badges

[PeterGauli]

How differs mrefu from mkubwa?

[t_chak]

tall vs big/elder(sibling)/large etc.. oh but ndefu means long I think - very similar

[Eneli267928]

Why can i not say " she is tall"
Why is it just He is tall?