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nay | ||||
| Part of speech | interjection | |||||
| 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! [Rajemisa 1985] | |||||
| English definition | an expression of like or dislike, gladness, or astonishment. [Richardson 1885] | |||||
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nay | ||||
| Part of speech | adverb | |||||
| English definition | [Provincial] not [Richardson 1885] | |||||
| Entry | |
-nay | ||||
| Part of speech | pronoun | |||||
| 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] | ||||||
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| Analogy | -ay | |||||
| izahay ~ anay | ||||||
| Updated on 2017/11/07 |
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