Mateyu

Tumbuka

Etymology

Borrowed from English Matthew, from Old French Mathieu, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Aramaic מַתַּי (mattay).

Proper noun

Mateyu

  1. Matthew
    1. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
    3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
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