mayatima

How to say it

Meaning

Children whose parents have died.

Good to know

plural of yatima (N-class, human loanword taking ma- plural).

Examples

• Mayatima wengi wanaishi katika kituo hicho.Many orphans live at that center.
• Je, mayatima hao wanapata elimu?Do those orphans get an education?
• Hawakuwa mayatima kabla ya vita.They were not orphans before the war.
• Shirika litawasaidia mayatima wapya.The organization will help new orphans.