a person without a guardian -- orphaned or isolated person

• Salinima kuriti kalana bandi, ka Naawuni pun kuri banchiriga. Human beings are making leg irons for the poor and orphaned, but God has already made a dagger. [Prov. 2332]
• Naawuni tiri kalana pini di biɛri yɔɣunima ku tooi deei. The gift that God gives to orphans pains those from the royal family and they cannot take it away from the orphans. [Prov. 1572]