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A Concise Malagasy Grammar.

Hanàovanào, relative verb from active verb manào, root tào; here used of the act, taken in connection with all its circumstances; -nào, suffixed pronoun, second person singular, showing the agent of the relative verb hanàovana.

Ahy, separate form of personal pronoun, first person singular, objective case.

Andrìambavènty, compound noun, composed of the noun andrìana, 'a noble', and the adjective vavènty, 'substantial, large'. It means 'a judge': its root is vènty, 'substance', the prefix va- being either a substitute for the usual adjectival prefix ma- (mavènty is used among some of the tribes other than the Hova), or a monosyllabic prefix. Both àhy and andrìambavènty are accusative cases governed by the relative verb hanàovana. The relative follows the government of the active construction, which would be manào àhy andrìambavènty.