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Entry

1  demba

Part of speech

2  adjective

Explanations in Malagasy

3  [1.1] DEMbana

Explanations in English

4  [1.2] sunk, yielded, given way, as the lips when the front teeth are lost; turned on the edge, as a knife, axe, etc., when the metal is too soft, or as the horns of oxen, one of which hangs a little, or a clay vessel warped by the rays of the sun

Explanations in French

5  [1.3] Déprimé, enfoncé par un coup, rentrant: Misy demba ao amy ny ampiantany (Le mur est un peu déprimé en cet endroit) ~ Demba ny ila vata vifotsy (Un côté de la caisse en fer-blanc est un peu enfoncé) ~ Demba molotra io antibavy io (Cette vieille a les lèvres rentrantes)

Derivatives

6  Active verbs : manademba 7  Passive verbs : voademba, ademba, dembanina, dembaina 8  Relative verbs : anadembana 9  Names : fanademba, mpanademba 10  Adjectives : mahademba, dembademba

Other spellings

11  dempa

Synonyms

12  dembana

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Anagrams

13  bedam, demba

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Updated on 2025/07/29