fanaloka
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
fanaloka (plural fanalokas)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
< Malagasy
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fanaloka
- Malagasy civet, striped civet (Fossa fossana) (civet-like mammal endemic to Madagascar)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of fanaloka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | fanaloka | fanalokat | ||
genitive | fanalokan | fanalokien | ||
partitive | fanalokaa | fanalokia | ||
illative | fanalokaan | fanalokiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | fanaloka | fanalokat | ||
accusative | nom. | fanaloka | fanalokat | |
gen. | fanalokan | |||
genitive | fanalokan | fanalokien fanalokainrare | ||
partitive | fanalokaa | fanalokia | ||
inessive | fanalokassa | fanalokissa | ||
elative | fanalokasta | fanalokista | ||
illative | fanalokaan | fanalokiin | ||
adessive | fanalokalla | fanalokilla | ||
ablative | fanalokalta | fanalokilta | ||
allative | fanalokalle | fanalokille | ||
essive | fanalokana | fanalokina | ||
translative | fanalokaksi | fanalokiksi | ||
abessive | fanalokatta | fanalokitta | ||
instructive | — | fanalokin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Malagasy[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely related to Malay pelanduk (“mousedeer”) through metathesis.
Noun[edit]
fanaloka
- Malagasy civet, striped civet (Fossa fossana) (civet-like mammal endemic to Madagascar)
- ichneumon
References[edit]
- Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics[1], Aussois, France, pages 1–31