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| Entry (1/2) | 1 balahazo |
| Part of speech | 2 noun |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
3 ady lalao (ringa) [Bara]
[1.78] 4 Tolona mifamihina [1.1] |
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| Entry (2/2) | 6 balahazo |
| Part of speech | 7 noun |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
8 Mangahazo [Taimoro, Bara, Sihanaka, Tandroy, Tanosy]
[1.78] 9 Mangahazo [1.1] 10 karazana hanin-kotrana [1.13] |
| Explanations in English |
11 The manioc or cassava. By the Betsileo the leaves are pounded, and the juice is pressed on sores or wounds. Manihot utilissima, Pohl. Same as kajaha (Betsileo), mbazaha (Betsimisaraka), balafanapaka (Sakalava), and mangahazo. [1.2] 12 prov. for mangahazo [1.7] |
| Explanations in French |
13 écorce du manioc [Tankarana]
[1.19] 14 prov. pour mangahazo: manioc [Provincial] [1.8] 15 manioc [1.13] 16 hybridation entre les noms sakalava et merina du manioc ; d'une part balafanajaha et balafanapaka, d'autre part, mangahazo en merina. Avant l'introduction du manioc, le mot balahazo existait déjà et désignait un sport populaire intermédiaire entre la lutte et la boxe ; du sanscrit bala : force ; violence et hazona : action de retenir, d'empêcher, de faire obstacle) Manihot utilissima Pohl (Euphorbiaceae). [Betsileo] [1.196] |
| Vocabulary |
17 Botany: vegetable |
| Analogs | 18 ambazaha, balafanapaka, kajaha, kazaha, mahogo, mangahazo, mbazaha |
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| Updated on 2023/07/17 |
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