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Entry	babena (baby)
Part of speech	passive verb
Explanations in Malagasy	entina ao an-damosina: Etsy babeko, razandry [Rajemisa 1985]
Explanations in English	to be carried on the back pick-a-back fashion. [Richardson 1885]
	to be carried on the back [Hallanger 1973]
Explanations in French	Qu'on porte sur le dos ; fig. qu'on supporte [Abinal 1888]
	qu'on porte sur le dos [Hallanger 1974]
Morphology	Present Past Future Imperative babena babeko babenao babeny babentsika babenay babenareo baben' baben- babem- babe- nobabena nobabeko nobabenao nobabeny nobabentsika nobabenay nobabenareo nobaben' nobaben- nobabem- nobabe- hobabena hobabeko hobabenao hobabeny hobabentsika hobabenay hobabenareo hobaben' hobaben- hobabem- hobabe- babeo
Examples	1 ary ny zaza ho forana nentina teny koa, babena amy ny lambamena. [Cohen-Bessy: Rakotovao, page 240] 2 Atelina tsy azo atelina, babena tsy zaka, sakelehina tsy azo, apetraka tsy foy! [Rahajarizafy: Kabary, page 120] 3 Tsy zavatra mahamaika re izany, hoy aho, fa izay hamaliana babena anareo antitra ireto aloha no adidiko. [Randriamiadanarivo: Sikajy, page 93]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word babena
Entry	babena (baby)
Part of speech	noun
Explanations in Malagasy	Lamosina: Nataony am-babena ilay entana dia lasa izy [Rajemisa 1985]
Compound words, titles, names	babe-mila valy       valim-babena
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word babena

Updated on 2020/07/31