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Entry	homan > homana (hana)
Part of speech	passive verb
Malagasy definition	Mihinana: Tsy homan-kena izahay anio ¶ Mandany zavatr' olona ho an' ny tena: Homana ny volam-bahoaka io mpiasam-panjakana io ¶ Mahazo: Mba tsarovy ny namana fa homana be ise amin' io asa io [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	to eat ; to extort ; to bite (of fish) ; cf. hanina, hinana; [Hallanger 1973]
French definition	manger ; extorquer ; mordre (se dit des poissons) ; cf. hanina, hinana [Hallanger 1974]
Morphology	Present Past Future homana homako homanao homany homantsika homanay homanareo homan' homan- homam- homa- homana homako homanao homany homantsika homanay homanareo homan' homan- homam- homa- ho homana ho homako ho homanao ho homany ho homantsika ho homanay ho homanareo ho homan' ho homan- ho homam- ho homa-
Compound words, titles, names	gana homana       homam-bary       homam-bary olona       mandao homana       homam-bela       tsinay homana aty       homan-dany roa ohatra ny dinta       homan-dela       homan-tena       homan-tenda       homan-tsy mizara kapakapa lela       mpitrongy vao homana       sady mandidy no homana
Analogues	hanina ~ hinana
Examples	Raha sakafo no manimanitra, mazoto homana ny mpihinana. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 162]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word homana