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| Entry | mahafaly (faly) | ||||||||||||
| Part of speech | active verb | ||||||||||||
| Explanations in Malagasy | Mahatonga ho faly, tsara: Vaovao mahafaly [Rajemisa 1985] | ||||||||||||
| Explanations in English | to make happy [Hallanger 1973] | ||||||||||||
| Explanations in French | réjouir [Hallanger 1974] | ||||||||||||
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| Quotes | Proverbs containing the word mahafaly | ||||||||||||
| Entry | mahafaly | ||||||||||||
| Part of speech | noun | ||||||||||||
| Explanations in French | [Mahafaly] (du préfixe maha : qui peut, et faly, ici mis pour fady : interdit, tabou, donc « qui peut frapper d'interdit, rendre tabou »). Secamone uniflora Decne (Apocynaceae). Liane assez commune autour de la baie de St Augustin, sur les dunes. Les Mahafaly en font un symbole de leur ethnie. [Boiteau 1997] | ||||||||||||
| Vocabulary | Botany | ||||||||||||
| Scientific name | Secamone uniflora | ||||||||||||
| Entry | Mahafaly | ||||||||||||
| Part of speech | name (ethnonym) | ||||||||||||
| Explanations in Malagasy | Anaram-poko kely monina amin' ny tany be sokay sy fasika, anelanelan' ny ony Onilahy sy Menarandra, amin' ny faritra atsimo andrefan' ny Nosy, fantatra indrindra amin' ireo fasany voaravaky ny aloalo, tanàn-dehibe: Betioky, Ampanihy [Rajemisa 1985] | ||||||||||||
| Explanations in French | nom d'une population du sud de Madagasca [...] [full text in Rajaonarimanana 1995] | ||||||||||||
| Vocabulary | History: clans, tribes | ||||||||||||
| Tables and plates | Dialectal words | ||||||||||||
| Examples | Nanafika an' i Fiherenana ny Mahafaly. [Randriamamonjy: Tantara, page 86] | ||||||||||||
| Updated on 2020/07/31 |
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