- However, the
fotsy-mainty
dichotomy among Merina is not
based on physiognomy,
states Karen Middleton, but
whether they have a
family tomb:
fotsy have family...
- The
Madagascar pochard or
Madagascan pochard (Aythya innotata; Malagasy:
Fotsy maso, Onjo) is an
extremely rare
diving duck of the
genus Aythya. Thought...
-
epithet fasciata means ‘banded’ in Latin. Its
local common name is
vontsira fotsy, ‘white vontsira’ in Malagasy.
Wikispecies has
information related to Galidictis...
-
commoner castes) and
Andevo (slaves). The
Andriana and the Hova were a part of
Fotsy,
while the
Andevo were
Mainty in
local terminology. The
Andriana strata...
- above) and [tsi]: *putiq 'white' →
Sakalava [ˈ****i] **foty,
Merina [ˈ****si]
fotsy However,
these last
changes started in
Borneo before Malagasy arrived in...
-
Eremolaena rotundifolia,
known by the
vernacular names Amaninombilahy fotsy, Anjananjana, Fotona, Fotonala, Fotonalahy,
Menahy lahy,
Takodizahana lahy...
-
groups in Africa, had two
category of people, the free
locally called the
fotsy, and the
serfs or mainty.
These were
divided into
three strata: the Andriana...
- Ring-tailed
mongoose vontsira mena
Galidia elegans Ring-tailed
mongoose vontsira fotsy Galidictis fasciata Broad-striped
mongoose bokiboki Mungotictis decemlineata...
-
society was
divided into the
privileged class (
fotsy, "white") and the
commoners (mainty, "black"). The
fotsy practiced rice cultivation,
whereas the mainty...
- (Malagasy),
tangan (Malay); skin:ˈhoditra (Malagasy),
kulit (Malay); white:
ˈfotsy (Malagasy),
putih (Malay); island: nosy (Malagasy), nusa (Javanese). The...
