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Entry	sarotra
Part of speech	adjective
Explanations in Malagasy	[Bezanozano] lafo, sarobidy [Rakotosaona 1975]
	Tsy mora ny fanaovana azy, manahirana: Asa sarotra ~ Sarotra ny mampiditra io farafara lehibe io amin' ity varavarankely ity ¶ Sarotiny, mahihitra, tia tena: Sarotra izy raha hanome ¶ Ilazana olona tia hanina loatra, ka tsy mizara na ahazoana potiny kely akory: Nafenin' ity Rangahy sarotra tao anaty satrony, hono, ny voanjo mahamay mba tsy ho hitan-janany ¶ Mampidi-doza: Sarotra ny maniny ny mpitondra ¶ Lafo vidy: Sarotra ny vary izao Mitovy hevitra: hangana ~ hentona ~ lafo [Rajemisa 1985]
Explanations in English	difficult; selfish, hard to get along with; costly [Hallanger 1973]
Explanations in French	difficile [Abinal 1888, Hallanger 1974]
	ardu, périlleux, pénible, dangereux ¶ cher, coûteux, ruineux ¶ avare, ladre, intéressé, égoïste, sévère, exigeant [Abinal 1888]
	égoïste, difficile à vivre; qui coûte cher [Hallanger 1974]
Derivations	anasarotana, ankasarotana, ankasarotina, fahasarotana, fahasarotra, fanasarotana, fanasarotra, fanasarotra, hasarotana, hasarotina, hasarotra, mahasarotra, manasarotra, mankasarotra, mihasarotra, mpanasarotra, mpanasarotra, sarotsarotra
Morphology	Simple Prefixed sarotra saro- -tsarotra -tsaro-
Compound words, titles, names	maka sarotra       saro-babay       saro-badina       saro-belomina       saro-bidy       saro-diasana       saro-drano       saro-dravana       saro-javatra       saro-kanina       saro-katsiaka       saro-kenatra       saro-kibo       saro-kibokibo       saro-kitikitika       saro-maina       saro-manta       saro-miala       saro-mihafy       saro-miory       saro-nara       saro-noana       saro-pady       saro-pandry       saro-piaro       saro-pitahina       saro-po       saro-posaina       saro-tahotra       saro-tiana       saro-toerana       sarotra an-kanina       sarotra alina       sarotra avadika       sarotra entina       sarotra ny taona       sarotra omena       sarotra singaina
Examples	1 Sarotra ny mampiditra resaka, hoy Ilaimanga fa hoatry ny haninona ihany. [Rajohanesa: Kintana] 2 Mbola tsy nahita aho aloha fa sarotra ny mandainga, hoy ny rainy. [Rakotonandrasana: Tantsaha, page 12] 3 Lehibe aman-tsaro-boasana ny fitsaranao [Baiboly: 27:017:001/Fahendrena 17:1..]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word sarotra
Toponymy	Place names having the word sarotra (1): Ambatosarotra

Updated on 2020/07/31