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fahana | ||||
| Part of speech | noun | |||||
| Malagasy definition | Tohana eo ivelan' ny zavatra iray mba hananany hery bebe kokoa ¶ Fifikirana amin' ny zavatra, fanankinana mafy ny tongotra mba tsy hianjera [Rajemisa 1985] | |||||
| English translation | that which is the sustinence or support of another. [Richardson 1885] | |||||
| Derivations | afahana, amahanana, fahampahana, fahanana, famahana, famahanana, fifahana, fifahanana, ifahanana, mamahana, mifahana, mpamahana, mpifahana, tafafahana, voafahana | |||||
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fahana | ||||
| Part of speech | noun | |||||
| Malagasy definition | sakafo [Antesaka] [Rakotosaona 1972] | |||||
| Sakafo omem-bahiny ¶ Hanina, sakafo: Ataovy tsara fahana ny zazakely ¶ Anjara hanina: Ento ny fahan-kisoa homena azy ¶ Ilay zavatra mampipoaka ny basy, ny tafondro: Fahan-tafondro. / Saika loza fa, hay, mbola nisy fahany ilay basy ¶ Ny hery ananan' ny vimiaina mampandeha ny famantaranandro: Tsy ampy fahana ny famantaranandronao matoa nijanona sahady ¶ Ilay kofehy mifampiditra amin' ny tenan' ny tenona mba haha-lamba azy, (ka ny fahana mitsivalana fa ny tenany mitsangana): Ny jabo dia lamba rofia, izay ny fahany landihazo! [Rajemisa 1985] | ||||||
| English translation | that without which nothing has any consistency ¶ nourishment, strength, ration, subsistence, complement ¶ that which has been made firm, complete, or solid ¶ a gun charge ¶ a present of food to strangers ¶ the weft in weaving [Richardson 1885] | |||||
| a gift of food, food [Hallanger 1973] | ||||||
| French translation | qu'on nourrit [Antesaka] [Deschamps 1936] | |||||
| cadeau en vivres; nourriture [Hallanger 1974] | ||||||
| Vocabulary | Economy: food | |||||
| Derivations | afahana, amahanana, fahampahana, fahanana, famahana, famahanana, fifahana, fifahanana, ifahanana, mahafahana, mamahana, mifahana, mpamahana, mpifahana, voafahana | |||||
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faha~na | ||||
| Part of speech | circumfix | |||||
| Updated on 2017/07/13 |
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