Tionge
A short Tumbuka and Chewa sentence-name from the verb for thanking, understood as "we thank".
Meaning and origin
Tionge sits alongside Taonga as another sentence built on the Bantu root -onga, to thank, and is shared between Tumbuka and Chichewa (Chewa), the two main languages of Malawi.
How to pronounce Tionge
| English (US) | tee-ON-geh /tiˈɔŋɡɛ/ |
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