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Entry

1  aiay

Part of speech

2  noun

Explanations in Malagasy

3  anaran-gidro mpivoaka alina fa tsy mba mivoaka amin'ny antoandro [Betsimisaraka] [1.78] 4  Karazan-gidro mpivoaka alina, tsy fahita afa-tsy eto Madagasikara [1.1]

Explanations in English

5  the aye-aye, a singular nocturnal animal endemic in Madagascar, to capture which, the natives say, causes illness or death. Same as ahay (Betsim.), and haihay [Antsih.]. Supposed to receive its name from its peculiar cry. Cheiromys Madagascariensis. [1.2]

Explanations in French

6  aye-aye [1.54] 7  aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) [2.233]

Examples

8  Ary indrindra ilay biby atao hoe aiay dia an' i Madagaskara irery. [1.436#]

Vocabulary

9  Zoology: mammals

Synonyms

10  aingitra

Other spellings

11  ahay, hahay, haihay

Hyperonym

12  gidro

Co-hyponyms

13  ahay 14  alokoteha 15  amboanala 16  ampongy 17  ankomba 18  ankombajoby 19  ankomba malandy 20  ankombamena 21  apongy 22  avahy 23  babakoto 24  bandro 25  barimaso 26  beharavoaka 27  bekola 28  boenga 29  boengy 30  bokombolo 31  bokombolo mena 32  dadintsifaky     dredrika endrina fitiliky fitily fotsifaka fotsife hahay haihay halo hataka hira kintrontro kofy koitsiky komba kotrika mahiabeala maky matavirambo pondiky     repahaka sadabe setohy siba sifaka simpona simpony soamiera songiky tanta tantaraolana tilitilivaha titilivaha tongona trangalavaka tsarafangitra tsiba tsibahaka tsidiala tsidihy     tsidy tsitsidy tsitsihy vakiandry vakivoho varibolo varibolomena varika varikamavo varikandana varikandra varikandrana varikosy varimena variñena vary

Tables and plates

33  The Lemurs

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Updated on 2024/10/30