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]
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, issue 3, Leiden: Brill, , pages 325-356
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