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Entry (1/3)1  fosa
Part of speech  2  noun
Explanations in Malagasy  3  Filazana kileman' olona tsy eo imasony, fanambarana ny toetran' ny hafa mba hanaratsiana azy [1.1]
Explanations in English  4  backbiting, calumniating, scandalizing. Comp. endrikendrika, manaratsy [1.2]
Explanations in French  5  diffamation, dénigrement, rapports faits en cachette et souvent exagérés, médisance [1.3#188]
Derivatives 
6  Active verbs :mifosa
7  Passive verbs :afosa, fosaina, voafosa
8  Relative verbs :ifosana
9  Names :fifosa, fifosana, mpifosa
Compound words 
10  fosan-kavana
    fosan' olona
    fosa vava
   
Proverbs  11  Proverbs containing the word fosa
Entry (2/3)12  fôsa
Part of speech  13  noun
Explanations in Malagasy  14  volana fahadimy amin'ny taona [Taisaka, Tanosy] [1.78]
Explanations in French  15  mois de mai [Taisaka] [1.82]
Examples  16  ny fosa dia ho Adaoro ny Maka dia ho Adizaoza [2.113#]
Vocabulary  17  Time
Hyperonym 
18  volana
   
Co-hyponyms 
19  adalo
20  adaoro
21  adijady
22  adimizana
23  adizaoza
24  afosa
25  alahamady
26  alahasaty
27  alakaosy
28  alakarabo
29  alakosy
30  alihotsy
31  alimizana
32  alohotsy
33  aogositra
34  aprily
35  asaramañitry
36  asaramanitse
37  asaramantsina
    asaramantsy
asombola
asoro
asorotany
asotrindambo
asotry
atsia
avrily
birae
biray
desambra
febroary
fehena
fevrie
hasaraboboka
hasaramanitra
hasaramantsy
hatsiha
hiahia
    janoary
jiona
jolay
jona
maka
manjonoke
marsa
martsa
mey
novambra
oktobra
ramadany
safary
sakamasay
sakase
sakave
sakavey
saramañitry
septambra
    tsaramañetry
tsehia
valasira
vala-tsira
vatravatra
volamaka
volambita
volambitabe
volambitafoa
volambity
volamitabe
volamitafoa
volamoka
volam-padina
volañaria
volasira
volatabe
zanvie
Entry (3/3)38  fosa
Part of speech  39  noun
Explanations in Malagasy  40  Biby mpihina-nofombiby hafa, mitovy habe amin' ny alika ary mitovy endrika amin' ny saka; manja mena ny volony ary mena ny masony; loza raha hiani-kazo; tsy mivoaka raha tsy amin' ny alina andripahany ny akoho amam-borona [1.1]
Explanations in English  41  "A small and graceful cat-like animal peculiar to Madagascar (both the genus and the family of which it is the sole member are confined to the island), formerly classed among the Viverridae, but now considered to form a distinct family between the cats and civets." It is a plantigrade animal and extremely ferocious. Cryptoprocta ferox , Benn. Probably the same as pintsala. Also the name of a species of civet, of a peculiar genus, D'Aubenton's fossane. Fossa d'Aubentonii, Gray. [1.2]
42  a Malagasy carnivore something like a large mink [1.7]
Explanations in French  43  Cryptoprocta ferox, petit carnassier [Taisaka] [1.82]
44  genette fossane [1.54]
45  carnivore malagasy, espèce de genette [1.8]
46  fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) [4.22]
Examples  47  Vory teo daholo hono ireo biby rehetra ireo tamin' io : ny fosa, ny akanga, ny papango. [1.508#]
48  nefa ny vorona sy ny araboa-dia, ny fosa, ny kary, nikarenjy tamin' ireny boalaboala ireny. [1.437#]
49  Fony izy mbola teto, saiky lany tamingana ny lambo sy ny fosa fa ny tsy matin' ny bala, voan' ny fandrika. [2.529#]
Vocabulary  50  Zoology: mammals
Scientific name 
51  Cryptoprocta ferox
   
Proverbs  52  Proverbs containing the word fosa
Illustrations 
53 
Anagrams  54  fosa, fôsa, safo, fosa, fôsa, safo
Updated on 2024/10/30