soratra

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Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sòratra

  1. inscription, writing

Verb

sòratra

  1. to write
  2. to print (on paper, fabric, etc.)
focus (voice)
agent
(active) 		man-form manoratra
mi-form misoratra
om-form —
patient
(passive) 		soratana
alternate —
a-form —
voa-form voasoratra
tafa-form —
goal
(relative) 		an-form anoratana
i-form isoratana

References

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (1995) “Asian roots of the Malagasy; A linguistic perspective”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, volume 151, number 3, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, pages 325-356
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