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Entry

1  aiay

Part of speech

2  noun

Explanations in Malagasy

3  [1.78] [Betsimisaraka] anaran-gidro mpivoaka alina fa tsy mba mivoaka amin'ny antoandro 4  [1.1] Karazan-gidro mpivoaka alina, tsy fahita afa-tsy eto Madagasikara

Explanations in English

5  [1.2] the aye-aye, a singular nocturnal animal endemic in Madagascar, to capture which, the natives say, causes illness or death. Same as ahay (Betsim.), and haihay [Antsih.]. Supposed to receive its name from its peculiar cry. Cheiromys Madagascariensis.

Explanations in French

6  [1.54] aye-aye 7  [2.233] aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

Examples

8  Ary indrindra ilay biby atao hoe aiay dia an' i Madagaskara irery. [1.436#]

Vocabulary

9  Zoology: mammals

Other spellings

10  ahay, hahay, haihay

Synonyms

11  aingitra

Hyperonym

12  gidro

Co-hyponyms

13  ahay 14  alokoteha 15  amboanala 16  ampongy 17  ankomba 18  ankombajoby 19  ankomba malandy 20  ankombamena 21  apongy 22  avahy 23  babakoto 24  bandro 25  barimaso 26  beharavoaka 27  bekola 28  boenga 29  boengy 30  bokombolo 31  bokombolo mena 32  dadintsifaky     33  dredrika 34  endrina 35  fitily 36  fitiliky 37  fotsifaka 38  fotsife 39  hahay 40  haihay 41  halo 42  hataka 43  hira 44  kintrontro 45  kofy 46  koitsiky 47  komba 48  kotrika 49  mahiabeala 50  maky 51  matavirambo 52  pondiky     53  repahaka 54  sadabe 55  setohy 56  siba 57  sifaka 58  simpona 59  simpony 60  soamiera 61  songiky 62  tanta 63  tantaraolana 64  tilitilivaha 65  titilivaha 66  tongona 67  trangalavaka 68  tsarafangitra 69  tsiba 70  tsibahaka 71  tsidy 72  tsidiala     73  tsidihy 74  tsitsidy 75  tsitsihy 76  vakiandry 77  vakivoho 78  vary 79  varibolo 80  varibolomena 81  varika 82  varikamavo 83  varikandana 84  varikandra 85  varikandrana 86  varikosy 87  varimena 88  variñena

Tables and plates

89  The Lemurs

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Anagrams

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Updated on 2025/01/21