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excess   
dingina excess ~ going beyond others in honours, marks in examinations, etc; advance, excess
diso fampana excess ~ [fampana, a chasm, a precipice] excess, superfluity. Probably from water flowing over in excess. See mihoa-pampana
diso ohatra excess ~ [ohatra, a measure] excess, being beyond the measure or limit
diso lakana excess ~ [lakana, a canoe] a river which has changed its course, and hence used for excess, superfluity (Prov.)
amby excess (an) ~ excess, surplus, the thing over. It is much used in counting, as, roa amby ny folo, two in excess of ten, hence twelve. In the provinces we have folo roa amby, and so with all the other numbers. It was also used formerly in repeating numbers in the ceremony of circumcision, as, isa amby roa, one and two; roa amby roa, two and two. ~ excess, surplus
ambiana excess ~ [amby, excess.] An excess; used adverbially for "more than;" as, misy zato ambiana, There are more than a hundred.