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| adrr! gôsy! | left! (to the) ~ "Adrr! Adrr! (To the right! To the right!) ... Gosy! Gosy! Gosy! (To the left! To the left! To the left!)" -- During the French colonial period, some ox-cart drivers, upon crossing path with a vazaha, would yell this revengeful and spiteful expression, while whipping their hapless oxen. Hearing "Addr!", the oxen aimed to the right toward the vazaha on the sidewalk, who might begin to worry, to the merriment of the driver. Hearing "Gosy!", the oxen aimed to the left, resuming to the correct path. |
| fametrahana entana | left-luggage ~ left-luggage, checkroom, lockers |
| halavirina | left (to be) ~ to be avoided; to be left in the distance |
| havia | left hand (the) ~ the left side ~ the left hand |
| havia | left side (the) ~ the left side ~ the left hand |
| kavia | left-handed ~ left-handed |
| ilaozana | left (to be) ~ to be forsaken, to be left. <1laovana#> is used in the provinces |
| miozinozina | left ~ [Provincial] to fall to right and left, as the mast of a ship |
| ankavia | left (to the) |
| tavela | leftover (a) ~ something left over |
| avela | left (to be) ~ to be left, to be abandoned; to be forgiven; to be permitted to do something |
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