vazaha

Malagasy edit

Etymology edit

This word comes from the time of Queen Ranavalona I, who, in her desire for "Malagachisation" had foreigners listed (in Malagasy "list (make a census)" is called voazaha). Further linguistic etymology is unknown, with no known Austronesian cognates.

Noun edit

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vazaha

white person
foreigner