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Entry	voalavo
Part of speech	noun
Explanations in Malagasy	Biby lavalava vatana, tsoky loha, lava rambo, mpanimba zavatra (indrindra ny voly sy tahirin-tsakafo) ary mpanely ny areti-mifindra amin' ny parasy entiny. Misy karazany telo ny voalavo: ny voalavo mainty, ny voalavo fotsy ary ny voalavon-drano [Rajemisa 1985]
Explanations in French	a species of rat. Mus alexandrinus. [Fiji: kalavo; Dyak: blawow; Mankassar: balawo] [Abinal 1888]
Explanations in English	a rat [Hallanger 1973]
Explanations in French	rat [Rajemisa: Vakoka, Hallanger 1974, SLP 1986]
Vocabulary	Zoology: mammals
Scientific name	Mus alexandrinus
Compound words, titles, names	voalavofody       voalavofotsy       voalavokitso       voalavolahy       voalavon' ala       voalavon-drano
Examples	1 Voalavo maro be mihitsy no hitako tamin' izany. [FOFAFIPE: Haivola, page 107] 2 Ny ampitson' iny, betsaka ny olona no nahita voalavo maty. [Andraina: Mitaraina, page 81] 3 Nony tonga teny am-povoan-drano, nahatsiaro noana ny voalavo. [FOFAFIPE: Tongavola, page 111]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word voalavo
Toponymy	Place names having the word voalavo (1): Nosy Voalavo
Entry	voalavo
Part of speech	noun
Explanations in French	Se disait des sorciers [Veyrières 1913]
	sorcier [Abinal 1888]
Compound words, titles, names	mamono voalavo       tsy maty voalavo an-kibo
Entry	voalavo (lavo)
Part of speech	past participle
Explanations in English	put down, thrown [Richardson 1885]
Explanations in French	renversé, jeté à terre [Abinal 1888]

Updated on 2020/07/31