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Entry	bahana
Part of speech	noun
English definition	sitting or standing in a straddling manner. [Richardson 1885]
	a straddling [Hallanger 1973]
French definition	Position des membres écartés, surtout des jambes [Abinal 1888]
	position des jambes écartées [Hallanger 1974]
Derivations	abahana, bahanina, bahambahana, fibahana, fibahanana, ibahanana, mahabahana, mibahana, mpibahana, tafabahana, voabahana
Examples	1 Indreo tazany miaramila anankiroa maka bahana amin' ny lalan-kely mivoaka any amin' ny arabe. [Andraina: Mitaraina, page 230] 2 Vato fisaka fivelezana no itombenany ary be bahana ery izy manatsotra ny ranjony te hiala havizanana sy mamono lamba ny tapany ambony. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 44]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word bahana
Entry	bahana
Part of speech	noun
Malagasy definition	Fakana toerana be, fitanana toerana be; tsy fanomezana toerana ny sasany, fisakanana na fisalovanana tsy hahazoan' ny sasany mandeha; famaritana ny tokony tsy ho efan' ny tena [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	an impediment, a hindrance, a barrier. [Richardson 1885]
French definition	barrière [Abinal 1888]
Derivations	abahana, bahanana, ibahanana, mibahana, mibahana

2017/05/29