Swahili
kiokote
ki-o-KO-te
How to say it
Swahilikiokoteki-o-KO-tesoon
Englishfoundlingsoon
Frenchenfant trouvésoon
Meaning
a foundling, a child that has been abandoned and found.
Good to know
related to kuokota, to pick something up.
Examples
- Familia ile ilimlea kiokote kama mtoto wao.That family raised the foundling as their own child.
- Je, kiokote alipatikana wapi?Where was the foundling found?
- Hakujua kuwa yeye ni kiokote hadi utu uzima.He didn't know he was a foundling until adulthood.
- Kiokote yule sasa ni mtu mzima mwenye familia.That foundling is now a grown adult with a family.
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