| Entry (1/3) | 1 tanana | 
| Root | 2tana | 
| Part of speech | 3 participle | 
| Explanations in Malagasy | 
4 Gejaina amin' ny tanana, tazonina, fihinina: Tano tsara ny tady sao mianjera ianao Hazonina, tsy avala ho very, ho lasa: Tano ny azo fa sarotra ny mita Hazonina, tsy avala hivoaka: Notanany tao aminy ny zanany roa Tehirizina; tsaroana: Notanany tao am-pony ireo teny ireo [1.1]  | 
| Explanations in English | 
5 to be seized, to be held, to be grappled; to be charged [1.2] | 
| Explanations in French | 
6 qu'on tient, qu'on retient, qu'on arrête, qu'on saisit, qu'on garde [1.3#664] | 
| Morphology | 
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| All compound words | 114 combinations of this word | 
| Proverbs | 12 Proverbs containing that word | 
| Entry (2/3) | 13 tanana | 
| Part of speech | 14 noun | 
| Explanations in Malagasy | 
15 Rantsam-batana hatreo amin' ny hatotanana ka hatramin' ny rantsantanana, ary ampiasaina handray sy hikasika ary hitana zavatra: Manasà tanana alohan' ny hisakafo. [1.1] 16 les pattes de devant chez les animaux (les mains chez l'Homme et les Lémuriens) Pour les plantes, désigne la base des pétioles des frondes de Fougères ; la base des tiges d'ignames, etc. [1.1]  | 
| Explanations in English | 
17 the hand the forelegs of quadrupeds [1.7]  | 
| Explanations in French | 
18 la main, les mains [1.3, 1.8] 19 les pattes de devant chez les quadrupèdes [1.3, 1.8] 20 les manches des habits, etc. [1.3] 21 main, manche, rayon [1.5] 22 [tañana] main [Sakalava-Mayotte] [1.405]  | 
| Examples | 
23 Raha sahy ialahy, tehafo ny tanako
[2.472] 
 24 Noraisiko ilay bodofotsy tsara tarehy teo akaikiko, dia nanaraka ny tanako ny sombiny voaraiko [2.471] 25 Any ampaosinao ny tanany vatany vao variana kely foana ianao [2.470]  | 
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| Derivatives | 
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| Vocabulary | 28 Biology 29 Zoology: (in general) | 
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| All compound words | 49133 combinations of this word | 
| Proverbs | 50 Proverbs containing that word | 
| Article | 51Randzavola: tanana ao amin' ny Baiboly | 
| Illustrations | 
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| Entry (3/3) | 52 tanàna | 
| Part of speech | 53 noun | 
| Explanations in Malagasy | 
54 Vohitra lehibe misy arabe migodana sy trano lehibe voalahadahatra ara-pomba mahafinaritra ny maso ary kianja malalaka isan-karazany: Mipetraka any antanàna izy fa tsy etý ambanivohitra. [1.1] | 
| Explanations in English | 
55 a town, a city (written with the accent) [1.7] | 
| Explanations in French | 
56 ville, village (s'écrit toujours avec l'accent) [1.8] 57 ville, village [Sakalava-Mayotte] [1.405]  | 
| Examples | 
58 eny fa mahalala rariny tokoa izato hianao / ry Ifiadanana / ka sanatria tokoa raha hafoiko ny tanànanay.
[2.131] 
 59 nefa ny firefodrefotry ny basy ao an-tanànan' Antsirabe mbola tsy mijanona. [2.324]  | 
| Morphology | 
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| Vocabulary | 61 Geography: (in general) | 
| All compound words | 6227 combinations of this word | 
| Proverbs | 63 Proverbs containing that word | 
| Article | 64Randzavola: tanàna sy vohitra ao amin' ny Baiboly | 
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| Anagrams | 65 Natana, 66 tanana, tanàna | 
| Updated on 2025/11/02 | 
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