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Entry	nay
Part of speech	interjection [full list]
Malagasy definition	Tapaka farany amin' ny teny hoe "Inay", enti-milaza nenina amin' ny nanaovana na tsy nanaovana zavatra iray efa lasa, na faniriana manao dia mianotra momba ny toe-javatra efa raikitra: Nay aho tsy nahalala iny olona iny na oviana na oviana! Mitovy hevitra: tahaka izay ~ toy izay [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	an expression of like or dislike, gladness, or astonishment. [Richardson 1885]
Entry	nay
Part of speech	adverb [full list]
English definition	[Provincial] not [Richardson 1885]
Entry	-nay
Part of speech	pronoun [full list]
Malagasy definition	Mpisolo anarana misolo olona fanao tovana, entin'ny olona maro milaza izay azy na izay ataony, tsy iombonany amin'ny olona iresahany: Tranonay, vohitray. / Aza matahotra ianao fa vitanay telo lahy io. [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	Our, ours; by us. Not including the person addressed. Compare -ntsika. Rainay [ray]. Our father. Alefanay [lefa]. Set free by us. ¶ When added to trisyllabic words ending in -ka or -tra, the n is rejected. Satrokay [satroka]. Our hat. Fantratray [fantratra]. Known by us. ¶ -ay: contraction of -nay after words ending in -ka or -tra, as satrokay, our hat; fantatray, known by us. [Richardson 1885]
	our; done by us (exclusive) [Hallanger 1973]
French definition	Suffixe, excluant les personnes à qui l'on parle. Notre, nos, de nous, par nous. Ny tranonay: notre maison. Hiatnay: vu par nous. Amboninay: au-dessus de nous. [Abinal 1888]
	Nos, de nous, par nous (exclusif). [Rajaonarimanana 1995]
	à nous, notre; fait par nous (exclusif). [Hallanger 1974]
Morphology	Simple -nay -ay
Analogues	-ay
	izahay ~ anay
Tables and plates	all the pronouns

Updated on 2020/07/31