Malagasy
Malagasy: Medical 4 – Descriptors
| mafana | hot | |
| mangatsiaka | cold | |
| tazo | malaria | |
| tazo moka | malaria (lit: mosquito fever) | |
| mahamay | fever | |
| mangatsiaka be | chills | |
| mangovitra | shivers | |
| fanaintainana | ache | |
| loza | danger | |
| maharary | painful / hurt | |
| ratra | injury | |
| hetezo | cut | |
| rà | blood | |
| mandeha rà maratra |
bleeding | |
| tapaka | broken | |
| mamaky | break (transitive) | |
| mandika | break / violate (the law) | |
| mandika lalàna | break the law | |
| manimba | break (an object) | |
| manamontsana manapaka |
break into little pieces | |
| manapatapaka | break into many pieces | |
| manapotika | to tear into little pieces | |
| manoraotoro | to smash a heart into pieces (transitive) | (not common) |
| mamparary fo | to make someone brokenhearted | Marary fo aho. – I am brokenhearted. |
| Potika aminy aho. | My heart is with them. / I love them terribly. | |
| kila | terribly burned (to the point of inutility; adjective) | |
| may | burnt / burned (less severe; adjective) | |
| mangana | bruise (noun) | |
| manamangana | bruise (transitive) | |
| hasoavana famorana fora didim-poitra zaza lahy |
circumcision | zaza lahy – baby boy and circumcision |
| fahasoavana | blessing | |
| mamora manao hasoavana manao didim-poitra manao zaza lahy |
to circumcise | |
| voafora | circumcised (passive) | |
| kenda | choking | |
| kendaina | to choke (passive) | |
| manakenda | to choke (transitive) | |
