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Entry (1/3)

1  fafa

Part of speech

2  noun

Explanations in Malagasy

3  fanalana ny loto, fanadiovana zavatra na toerana: Ratsy fafa izany trano izany. [1.1]

Explanations in English

4  sweeping, cleaning off. See faoka. [1.2] 5  the act of sweeping [1.7]

Explanations in French

6  action de balayer [1.3#136, 1.8, 1.82] 7  action d'asperger, d'essuyer [Taisaka] [1.82] 8  (dans toute l'île) (du malais papa : action de balayer). Nom général des plantes dont les tiges ou les rameaux servent à faire des balais. (voir aussi famafa et kifafa). [1.196]

Examples

9  Nisento Vololona, dia ny fafa trano no notohizany. [2.529] 10  Nony vita fafa, dia naka omby vositra izy natao sorona, nadaboka teo atsinanan-trano. [2.606]

Derivatives

11  Active verbs : mifanafa, mifafa, mifampifafa, mifamafa, mahafafa, mamafa, mampamafa, mampifafa, mampifanafa 12  Passive verbs : finafa, afafa, fafana, ampamafa, voafafa 13  Relative verbs : ifafana, amafana 14  Names : fafafafa, fifafana, fifafa, famafa, famafana, fampamafa, mpanafa, mpifafa, mpamafa, kofafa, kifafa, pifamafa 15  Adjectives : mafafa, mahamafa

Compound words

16  fafam-bolontondro     fafani-mondry     fafa vandana

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Entry (2/3)

17  fafa

Part of speech

18  noun

Explanations in Malagasy

19  hazo fisaka [Taisaka] [1.78]

Explanations in French

20  planche [Taisaka] [1.82]

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Entry (3/3)

21  fafa

Part of speech

22  adjective

Explanations in Malagasy

23  badalela [Taisaka] [1.78] 24  [Antambahoaka] 25  [Antemoro] 26  mibadabada, miambatrambatra [Taimoro] 27  miraikidela [Tambahoaka] [Bara]

Explanations in French

28  bègue [Taisaka] [1.82] 29  qui bégaie. (vava). [Tankarana] [1.19]

Derivatives

30  Names : pifafa

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Updated on 2023/09/10