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Entry	mahay (hay)
Part of speech	active verb
Explanations in Malagasy	Nianatra ka mahafantatra tsara ny momba azy: Mahay marika ny zanako ¶ Mahalala: Mahay zavatra betsaka io Rangahy io ¶ Afaka mahavita: Tsy mahay ny ratsy Andriamanitra ¶ Mahatanty, mahalefitra: Tsy mahay mihafy ny tanora ¶ afaka mifampiraharaha, mifankahazo amy..,: Tsy mahay an' io Ramatoa io aho ¶ Afaka hifehy: Mahay ny ankohonany tsara Rabe. [Rajemisa 1985]
Explanations in English	to know, to be able [Hallanger 1973]
Explanations in French	savoir, connaître; pouvoir, pouvoir faire, être capable, être compétent, fréquenter, savoir gouverner, savoir conduire [Abinal 1888]
	savoir faire, être capable [Hallanger 1974]
	savoir [SLP 1986]
Morphology	Present Past Future Imperative mahay nahay hahay mahaiza
Compound words, titles, names	mahay manavia manavanana       mahay olona       mahay rano       mahay roa       mahay taratasy       mahay vava       mahay zavamaneno       mahay zavatra       olo-mahay       tsy mahay abidy
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word mahay
Entry	mahay (hay)
Part of speech	adjective
Explanations in English	able, clever, competent. It governs the accusative, and it is joined to verbs in the same way as the English can, denoting ability to do a thing. [Richardson 1885]
	able, clever [Hallanger 1973]

Updated on 2020/07/31