Malagasy Dictionary and Madagascar Encyclopedia : volamena

volamena (vola, mena)

Part of speech

noun

Malagasy definition

karazana metaly anisan'ireo antsoina hoe "sarobidy": mavomena mamiratra ny volony, mavsan-danja izy, azo hanifisina faran'izay kely ary tsy mety miova fenitra na oviana na oviana: ireo toetrany rehetra ireo no nahatonga azy hanaovana firavaka sarobidy isan-karazany sy ho fototry ny sandam-bola miasa eran-tany; misy karazany roa ny volamena: ny volamena maitso sy mena. tsy hihiratra: tsy saro-pantarina fa miavaka eny ihany ny zava-tsoa sy saro-bidy na dia very amin'ny toerana tsy mendrika ary aza. [Rajemisa 1985]

karazana metaly sarobidy mavo na fotsy na mena [SLP 1986]

English translation

gold [Hallanger 1973]

French translation

[Tanala] or. Associé au monde du ciel [Beaujard 1998]

or [Abinal 1888, Hallanger 1974, SLP 1986]

or (métal) [Rajaonarimanana 1995]

Vocabulary

Chemistry

Morphology

Simple		Prefixed
volamena volameko volamenao volameny volamentsika volamenay volamenareo volamen' volamen- volamem- volame-		-bolamena -bolameko -bolamenao -bolameny -bolamentsika -bolamenay -bolamenareo -bolamen' -bolamen- -bolamem- -bolame-

Compound words, titles, names

volamena maitso

volamena mena

Analogues

Tables and plates

Firaketan'i Mendeleiev

Examples

1	Misy toerana ihadiam-bolafotsy, misy toerana fanadiovam-bolamena [Baiboly: 22.28.1]
2	Randra-madinika no nanaovany ny volony ary kavina volamena kely izay no nitevika ny sofiny. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 90]
3	Raha misy ady mipoaka, hoy aho, mba misondro-bidy koa ny volamena sy ny vatosoa. [Andriamalala: Ranomasina, page 59]

Quotes

Proverbs containing the word volamena

Articles

Randzavola: volamena ao amin' ny Baiboly (=> mpanefy metaly)