yona

See also: yönä and Yona

Franco-Provençal

Numeral

yona

1. feminine of yon

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. they, them; class 4 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 9 absolute pronoun.

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. they, them; class 4 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 9 absolute pronoun.

Sotho

Pronoun

yona

1. he, she

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. they, them; class 4 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 9 absolute pronoun.

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. they, them; class 4 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 9 absolute pronoun.

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. they, them; class 4 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 9 absolute pronoun.

Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joːná/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. they, them; class 4 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -yo, poss. stem -yó (locative kúyo)

full form	yoná
locative	kúyo
copulative	yíyo
Possessive forms
	modifier	substantive
class 1	wâyo	ówâyo
class 2	bâyo	ábâyo
class 3	wâyo	ówâyo
class 4	yâyo	éyâyo
class 5	lâyo	élâyo
class 6	âyo	áwâyo
class 7	sâyo	ésâyo
class 8	zâyo	ézâyo
class 9	yâyo	éyâyo
class 10	zâyo	ézâyo
class 11	lwâyo	ólwâyo
class 14	bâyo	óbâyo
class 15	kwâyo	ókwâyo
class 17	kwâyo	ókwâyo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *yoná.

Pronoun

yoná

1. he, she, him, her, it; class 9 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -yo, poss. stem -yó (locative kúyo)

full form	yoná
locative	kúyo
copulative	yíyo
Possessive forms
	modifier	substantive
class 1	wâyo	ówâyo
class 2	bâyo	ábâyo
class 3	wâyo	ówâyo
class 4	yâyo	éyâyo
class 5	lâyo	élâyo
class 6	âyo	áwâyo
class 7	sâyo	ésâyo
class 8	zâyo	ézâyo
class 9	yâyo	éyâyo
class 10	zâyo	ézâyo
class 11	lwâyo	ólwâyo
class 14	bâyo	óbâyo
class 15	kwâyo	ókwâyo
class 17	kwâyo	ókwâyo

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “yona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “yona (6.3)”