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Entry (1/3)1  fosa
Part of speech  2  noun
Explanations in Malagasy  3  [1.1] Filazana kileman' olona tsy eo imasony, fanambarana ny toetran' ny hafa mba hanaratsiana azy
Explanations in English  4  [1.2] backbiting, calumniating, scandalizing. Comp. endrikendrika, manaratsy
Explanations in French  5  [1.3#188] diffamation, dénigrement, rapports faits en cachette et souvent exagérés, médisance
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
    11  fosan' olona
    12  fosa vava
   
Proverbs  13  Proverbs containing the word fosa
Entry (2/3)14  fôsa
Part of speech  15  noun
Explanations in Malagasy  16  [1.78] [Taisaka, Tanosy] volana fahadimy amin'ny taona
Explanations in French  17  [1.82] [Taisaka] [fosa] mois de mai
Examples  18  ny fosa dia ho Adaoro ny Maka dia ho Adizaoza [2.113#]
Vocabulary  19  Time
Hyperonym 
20  volana
   
Co-hyponyms 
21  adalo
22  adaoro
23  adijady
24  adimizana
25  adizaoza
26  afosa
27  alahamady
28  alahasaty
29  alakaosy
30  alakarabo
31  alakosy
32  alihotsy
33  alimizana
34  alohotsy
35  aogositra
36  aprily
37  asaramañitry
38  asaramanitse
39  asaramantsy
    40  asaramantsina
41  asombola
42  asoro
43  asorotany
44  asotry
45  asotrindambo
46  atsia
47  avrily
48  birae
49  biray
50  desambra
51  febroary
52  fehena
53  fevrie
54  hasaraboboka
55  hasaramanitra
56  hasaramantsy
57  hatsiha
58  hiahia
    59  janoary
60  jiona
61  jolay
62  jona
63  maka
64  manjonoke
65  marsa
66  martsa
67  mey
68  novambra
69  oktobra
70  ramadany
71  safary
72  sakamasay
73  sakase
74  sakave
75  sakavey
76  saramañitry
77  septambra
    78  tsaramañetry
79  tsehia
80  valasira
81  vala-tsira
82  vatravatra
83  volamaka
84  volambita
85  volambitabe
86  volambitafoa
87  volambity
88  volamitabe
89  volamitafoa
90  volamoka
91  volam-padina
92  volañaria
93  volasira
94  volatabe
95  zanvie
Entry (3/3)96  fosa
Part of speech  97  noun
Explanations in Malagasy  98  [1.1] 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
Explanations in English  99  [1.2] "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.
100  [1.7] a Malagasy carnivore something like a large mink
Explanations in French  101  [1.82] [Taisaka] Cryptoprocta ferox, petit carnassier
102  [1.54] genette fossane
103  [1.8] carnivore malagasy, espèce de genette
104  [4.22] fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
Examples  105  Vory teo daholo hono ireo biby rehetra ireo tamin' io : ny fosa, ny akanga, ny papango. [1.508#]
106  nefa ny vorona sy ny araboa-dia, ny fosa, ny kary, nikarenjy tamin' ireny boalaboala ireny. [1.437#]
107  Fony izy mbola teto, saiky lany tamingana ny lambo sy ny fosa fa ny tsy matin' ny bala, voan' ny fandrika. [2.529#]
Vocabulary  108  Zoology: mammals
Scientific name 
109  Cryptoprocta ferox
   
Proverbs  110  Proverbs containing the word fosa
Illustrations 
111  112 
Anagrams  113 
Updated on 2025/01/28