| | 1 difficult  |
| mafy | 2 difficult ~ hard, difficult, firm, strong. ~ hard, firm; difficult |
| manano sarotra | 3 difficult ~ to be in a difficult position; to be difficult to do |
| manasarotra | 4 difficult (to make something) ~ to make something difficult |
| manavia | 5 difficult (to be) ~ to be difficult or inconvenient for one |
| anoin-tsarotra | 6 difficult ~ difficult, beset with difficulties |
| sarotiny | 7 difficult ~ difficult about things : hard to please; sensitive to certain things or illnesses |
| sarotra | 8 difficult ~ difficult; selfish, hard to get along with; costly |
| fahasarotana | 9 difficulty ~ difficulty; high prices |
| hafy | 10 difficulty (a) ~ hardship, difficulty, something requiring endurance or inconvenience. It is generally used with the suffix pronoun -ny. See <1aritra#>. |
| sahirana | 11 difficulty ~ bothered, worried, perplexed; poor, in difficulty |
