Malagasy
pronunciation
How to pronounce Malagasy in British English:
UK [ˌmælə'ɡæsɪ]
How to pronounce Malagasy in American English:
US [ˌmælə'ɡæsɪ]
Word Origin
- Malagasy
- "pertaining to Madagascar," large island off the coast of Africa, 1835, apparently a native alteration of Madagascar.
Example
- 1. Many malagasy believe the boundary between life and death is not altogether impermeable that the spirits of their ancestors can somehow pass back and forth .
- 2. In particular they looked at a snippet of dna called the malagasy motif , found almost exclusively in madagascar .
- 3. The first colony I found was the malagasy silk ant ( melissotarsus insularis ) living inside a euphorb tree .
- 4. And why should an english speaker be barred from reading blogs written in malagasy or zulu ?
- 5. Ironically , the last time madagascar saw protests like this was when mr ravalomanana , then ( like mr rajoelina ) the capital 's mayor , called on the malagasy people to back " democracy " , after a disputed presidential election .