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 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.

AhyÀhy [sic], 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.