kichinja

How to say it

Meaning

the last child born to a woman, after whom she bears no more children, in the phrase kichinja mimba.

Good to know

appears fixed in kichinja mimba (last-born child); a separate, unrelated phrase kichinja udhia names a medicinal weed.

Examples

• Huyu ni kichinja mimba wa mama yangu.This is my mother's last-born child.
• Wewe ni kichinja mimba katika familia yenu?Are you the last-born in your family?
• Hakutaka kumzaa kichinja mimba mapema sana.She did not want to have her last child too early.
• Kichinja mimba mara nyingi hupendwa sana na wazazi.The last-born child is often greatly loved by the parents.