Kpelle

[ kuh-pel-uh ]

noun

, plural Kpel·les, (especially collectively) Kpel·le

1. a member of an Indigenous people living mainly in Liberia.
2. the Mande language of the Kpelle people.

Example Sentences

The youngest, Fata, only 12, danced around and pretended to be singing traditional songs from our ethnic tribal group, the Kpelle.

From The Daily Beast

Twins are thought by the Kpelle to do wonders; they even say that "a twin surpasses every medicine-man."

From Project Gutenberg