Swahili
mpindani
m-peen-DAH-nee
How to say it
Swahilimpindanim-peen-DAH-neesoon
Englishdeformed personsoon
Frenchpersonne déforméesoon
Meaning
a person whose body has become bent or deformed by illness.
Good to know
a person bent/deformed by disease
Examples
- Mzee yule ni mpindani kwa sababu ya ugonjwa wa mifupa.That old man is bent over due to a bone disease.
- Alikuwa mpindani tangu utotoni.He has been deformed since childhood.
- Je, mpindani yule anaweza kutibiwa?Can that deformed person be treated?
- Hawakumdharau mpindani huyo.They did not despise that deformed person.
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