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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  
1Indreo tazany miaramila anankiroa maka bahana amin' ny lalan-kely mivoaka any amin' ny arabe. [Andraina: Mitaraina, page 230]
2Vato 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
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