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MADAGASCAR. 
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dish, lovia. 
teeth, nify. 
needle, fanjaitra . 
shoulder, damosiny. 
sea, ranomasina. 
key, fanalahidy. 
island, osy. 
conversation, resaka. 
forest, ala. 
flour, farine. 
clouds, rahona. 
youth, tovolahy. 
star, kintana. 
mattress, farafara. 
line, tsipikia. 
cup, kapoaka. 
town, tandna. 
thread, triaty. 
rice-house, tranombary. 
river, ony. 
truth, fahamarinana. 
pig, kisoa. 
bath, fandroana. 
eye, maso. 
leaves, ravina. 
heaven, lanitra. 
fruit, voankazo (h changed to 1c, 
moon, volana. 
for euphony: this is fre¬ 
village, vohitra. 
quently the case). 
corpse, faty. 
father, ray. 
ring, peratra. 
mother, reny. 
lahy, the male sex. 
wife, vady. 
vavy , the female sex. 
man and wife, mivady. 
zazalahy , a boy. 
soldier, maromila. 
zavavavy, a girl. 
gun, basy. 
lehilahy, a man. 
egg, atody. 
vehivavy, a woman. 
mountain, tendrombohitra. 
ombilahy , bull. 
arm, rantsana. 
finger, ranstan-tanana. 
ombivavy , cow, &c. 
ADJECTIVES. 
white, fotsy. 
soft, malemy. 
black, mainty. 
hard, mafy. 
red, mena. 
one, iray. 
blue, manga. 
two, roa. 
green, maitso. 
three, telo. 
bad, ratsy. 
four, efatra. 
good, tsara. 
five, demy. 
tall, lava. 
six, enina. 
fat, matavy. 
seven, fito. 
large, lehibe. 
eight, valo. 
small, kely. 
nine, sivy. 
few, vitsy. 
ten, folo. 
many, maro. 
eleven, iraik amby ny folo. 
