Entry | faha | ||||
Part of speech | adverb | ||||
Explanations in Malagasy | Fony, tamin' ny andron' i...: Noenjehina ny Kristianina faha Ranavalona reniny [1.1] | ||||
Explanations in English | Prefix of past time. Before voyels, fah- only is used [1.2] | ||||
Explanations in French | Du temps de, à l'époque de, sous le règne de [1.3] | ||||
Vocabulary | Time | ||||
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Entry | faha~ | ||||
Part of speech | prefix | ||||
Explanations in Malagasy | Tovona fampiasa eo alohan' ny teny milaza isa:
-- mba hanaovana mpamaritra milaza filaharana: Fahadimy, fahasivy ambin' ny folo; -- mba hilazana isan-drefy: Fahatelo, hono, ny halalin' itỳ rano itỳ; / Lamba antsasa-pahadimy; -- mba hilazana vanin' andro: Lasa tamin' ny Fahavalon' ny volana nankany Fianarantsoa izy [1.1] | ||||
Explanations in English | Prefix of past time. Before vowels fah- only is used. The following words will illustrate its use: fahagola,
faharazana,
fahavaratra,
fahavelony,
fahazaza,
fahiny,
fahireny,
fahizay
A prefix to numerals, making them ordinal and (rarely) fractional. Before vowels fah- only is added. This prefix may be added to all except iray, one, for which number voalohany is employed; but when the iray occurs in compounds, eleven, twenty-one, etc., the fah- can be added; it is used however in speaking of the Prime Minister's chief aide-de-camp, who is fahirainy. [Cf. vaga, used in an exactly similar way in the Melanesian languages. The commencement of all abstract nouns formed from the verb in maha-, as: fahalalana, from lala; fahendrena, from hendry; fahadiony, from dio, etc. [1.2] | ||||
Prefix, when one was ..., at the time of, as:
fahagòla (in olden times), fahazàza (when one was a child) Prefix to numerals, as: fahatelo: third in order; and so with other numerals Prefix to nouns; typically meaning a state of [1.7] | |||||
Explanations in French | Préfixe, du temps de... ex: fahagòla
(anciennement), fahazàza (du temps où l'on était enfant) Préfixe qui sert à former les adjectifs ordinaux, ex.: fahatelo: le troisième : et ainsi pour les autres numéros Préfixe qui sert à former des substantifs abstraits [1.8] | ||||
Examples | Ary faha 23, vonto ny alahamady
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Anagrams | faha, hafa |
Updated on 2023/10/17 |