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fantaka
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noun
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| Malagasy definition | |
Zavamaniry fianakavian' ny volotsangana [...] [full text in Rajemisa 1985]
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| English translation | |
A small bamboo used for hedges [Hallanger 1973]
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| French translation | |
Petit bambou ou roseau utilisé pour les haies [Hallanger 1974]
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fantaka
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noun
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| English translation | |
A tall grass formerly used in the ceremony of circumcision. It is now used in making fishing nets, or rather baskets, called vovo and tandroho. Arundo madagascariensis, Kunth. [Richardson 1885]
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| Scientific name | |
Arundo
madagascariensis
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fantaka
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| Part of speech | |
noun
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| Malagasy definition | |
Tehina salasalany ny habeny, maranitra n [...] [full text in Rajemisa 1985]
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| English translation | |
A small stake for tying cords on, a peg, a pin; usually applied to the four stakes to which the warp frame is tied in weaving. [Richardson 1885]
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| Entry |
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Fantaka
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| Part of speech | |
name (history)
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| English translation | |
The name of one of the chief idols formerly worshipped in Imerina. [Richardson 1885]
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