Yona

See also: yona and yönä

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Yona

  1. (biblical) Jonah (book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

See also

books of the Protestant Old Testament: vitabu vya Agano la Kaleedit

Tumbuka

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jonah, from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”).

Proper noun

Yona

  1. Jonah
    2. (biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.
    4. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
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