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Entry	vata
Part of speech	noun
Malagasy definition	Fanaka vita amin' ny hazo na vy, atao fainetrahana fitafiana na zavatra hafa ao anatiny: Avalona ao anaty vota ny lamba madio ¶ Fotoben' ny famarana taloha izay natao koa hoe fahenim-bary, mitovy amin' ny 20 litatra na 2 dekalitatra ankehitriny; ny tapa-bata izany dia 10 litatra no fatrany [Rajemisa 1985]
English definition	a box; a trunk or suitcase; a rice-measure [Hallanger 1973]
French definition	caisse; malle, mallette; mesure de capacité [Hallanger 1974]
Compound words, titles, names	valihavata       vatabe       vata famarana       vatam-paty       vatan-drakitra       vata sarihana       vata sarihina
Examples	1 Vata roa mitsontsorika ny orony; [Dahle: Angano, page 253] 2 Ataingina eo ambony talantalana io vata io. [FOFAFIPE: Rosovola, page 49] 3 Alaivo ao anaty vata ao raha hijery ianareo. [FOFAFIPE: Tongavola, page 43] 4 Sao dia amin' iroa vata anankiroa roa angaha. [Rapatsalahy: Kintana, page 109]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word vata

2019/03/22