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| 1st | voninahitra voalohany | Private | | 2nd | voninahitra faharoa | corporal | | 3rd | voninahitra fahatelo | serjeant | | 4th | voninahitra fahefatra | serjeant major | | 5th | voninahitra fahadimy | lieutenant | | 6th | voninahitra fahenina | captain | | 7th | voninahitra fahafito | major | | 8th | voninahitra fahavalo | lieutenant colonel | | 9th | voninahitra fahasivy | colonel | | 10th | voninahitra fahafolo | colonel folo | | 11th | voninahitra faharaikambinifolo | general | | 12th | voninahitra faharoambinifolo | field marshal | | 13th | voninahitra fahatelambinifolo | field marshal | The word "folo", annexed to colonels of the tenth rank, signifies ten, and intimates that those colonels are the highest, and hold an intermediate rank between colonels and generals. |
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The word for honour in Malagasy is highly significant, and conveys a moral lesson on its vanity -- voninahitra, i.e. "the flower of the grass!" |
