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| Kana | cana ~ Cana |
| Kanàn | cana ~ Cana |
| fitsoka | cane (a) ~ In Imerina it means a rod, a horse-whip, a twig, a flexible cane. See kapoka, vely. |
| mitehina | cane (to walk with a) ~ to walk with a cane, to lean on something or someone when walking |
| tehina | cane (a) ~ a staff, a cane |
| azo | can ~ had, got, understood, permitted, can, may. It is used before any passive or relative verb, in the sense of can or may, as: azo atao, May be done. It also takes the place of our English -able, and -ible in making words into adjectives, as azo hanina, edible. |
| lakana | canoe (a) ~ a canoe. Laka is used in the provinces. [Poly. Waha, vaka, hak (?)] ~ a dugout canoe; any small boat |
