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
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)

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