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| mibobana | backbite (to) ~ to backbite, to slander, to speak evil of one in his absence^Provincial |
| mifosa | backbite (to) ~ to backbite, to defame, to scandalize. ~ to slander, to backbite |
| fifosana | backbiting ~ backbiting, slander |
| fosa | backbiting ~ backbiting, calumniating, scandalizing. Comp. <1endrikendrika#>, <1manaratsy#> |
| fosaina | backbitten ~ to be backbitten, to be scandalized. |
| taolan-damosina | backbone (a) |
| taolan-dava | backbone |
| ababy | back (carried on the) ~ used of the person or thing carried on the back. |
| baby | back (act of carrying on the) ~ carrying on the back |
| babena | back (carried on the) ~ to be carried on the back pick-a-back fashion. ~ to be carried on the back |
| lamosina | back (the) ~ the back ~ [Mal. lamusir, the flesh of an animal's back] |
| mamerena | back! (give) ~ return, give back |
| aoriana | back ~ back, behind, backward, passed. This word admits the suffix pronouns and tenses. |
| voababy | back (carried on the) ~ carried on the back |
| ivoho | back ~ behind, on the back side |
| voho | back (the) ~ the back, the back side |
| miamboho | back on (to turn the) ~ to turn the back on; to die (of the (sovereign) |
| mihifikifika | back out (to) ~ to back out; to refuse |
| mifody | back out of a bargain (to) ~ to return to the original owner; to back out of a bargain |
| mihemotra | backslide (to) ~ to draw back, to retire, to retreat, to backslide, to apostatize. ~ to draw back; to fall back into evil ways |
| mianotra | backslide (to) ~ to move backwards, to back as a horse, to backslide. ~ to back up |
| fihemorana | backsliding ~ the act of drawing back; backsliding; a decline |
| mianotra | back up (to) ~ to move backwards, to back as a horse, to backslide. ~ to back up |
| aoriana | backward ~ back, behind, backward, passed. This word admits the suffix pronouns and tenses. |