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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]
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]
Derivations	bahanina, abahana, mibahana, fibahana, mpibahana, ibahanana, fibahanana, mahabahana, bahambahana, tafabahana, voabahana
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, mibahana, mibahana, ibahanana

2017/05/29