soratra
Malagasy
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsurat͡ʂa/, [ˈsurət͡ʂə̥]
Noun
sòratra
Verb
sòratra
Related terms
| 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
- ^ 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