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soratra

Malagasy

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsurat͡ʂa/, [ˈsurət͡ʂə̥]

Noun

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sòratra

  1. inscription, writing

Verb

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sòratra

  1. to write
  2. to print (on paper, fabric, etc.)
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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

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  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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