Swahili
kikambo
ki-KA-mbo
How to say it
Swahilikikamboki-KA-mbosoon
Englishlike a stepparentsoon
Frenchcomme un beau-parentsoon
Meaning
in the manner of a stepparent.
Good to know
adv. like a stepparent
Examples
- Alimlea mtoto kikambo baada ya kuolewa tena.She raised the child as a stepparent after remarrying.
- Kwa nini unamtendea kikambo mtoto huyu?Why are you treating this child the way a stepparent would?
- Hakumtendea kikambo, alimpenda kama mtoto wake mwenyewe.He did not treat him like a stepchild, he loved him as his own.
- Watoto wengine hulelewa kikambo baada ya wazazi kuachana.Some children are raised by stepparents after their parents separate.
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