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Entry finaritra (faritra)
Part of speech adjective
Explanations in Malagasy  [Bezanozano] tsara, salama tsy marofy [Rakotosaona 1975]
 Salama tsara: Manao ahoana ianareo fa izahay dia finaritra tsara daholo
¶ Miadana, sambatra: Finaritra izany fianakaviana izany satria miasa ary mifankatia
¶ Faly: Finaritra izy mitifi-borona any an-tsaha
¶ Voafaritra: Finari-bava (raikitra, voafetra, tapaka [Rajemisa 1985]
Explanations in English happy, joyous, healthy, well, content, satisfied, delighted.
¶ used in some provinces, especially by the Betsimisaraka, as a salutation, as: Finaritra, tompoko, you are well, Sir; i.e. How do you do, Sir? Manao finaritra anao aho: I salute you. The word finaritra may possibly be a passive with infix from faritra; or a compound of fina and aritra [Richardson 1885]
 well, happy [Hallanger 1973]
Explanations in French  [Tankarana] salut betsimisaraka, la réponse est la même. [David: Dialectes (takila F)]
 bien portant; heureux [Hallanger 1974, Rajaonarimanana 1995]
 joyeux [Rajaonarimanana 1995]
Derivations 
fahafinaretana, hafinaretana, hafinaritra, mahafinaritra, mampahafinaritra, mifampahafinaritra
Morphology 
Imperative
finareta
Examples 
1Kaneía betsaka no tsy finaritra tamin' ny fanambadiana. [Randzavola: Baiboly, page 150]
2Nahoana hianao raha mandry mahalefitra
no finaritra asian'olon-tsarotra? [Fox: Hainteny, number 229]
3Finaritra kosa ny ankizy mamindrafindra ny tongony amin' ny vato madinika sy ny tany malemy. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 16]
Quotes Proverbs containing the word finaritra
Entry finaritra (faritra)
Part of speech passive verb
Explanations in French circonscrit, limité [Abinal 1888 page 155]
Morphology 
Present Past Future
finaritra
finaritro
finaritrao
finariny
finaritsika
finaritray
finaritrareo
finaritr'
finari-
finaritry
 nofinaritra
nofinaritro
nofinaritrao
nofinariny
nofinaritsika
nofinaritray
nofinaritrareo
nofinaritr'
nofinari-
nofinaritry
 hofinaritra
hofinaritro
hofinaritrao
hofinariny
hofinaritsika
hofinaritray
hofinaritrareo
hofinaritr'
hofinari-
hofinaritry
Synonyms voafaritra
Updated on 2021/03/02