soratra
Appearance
Malagasy
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sòratra
Verb
[edit]sòratra
Related terms
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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, , pages 325-356