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self   
tena ~ the self; the very thing; the body

self-confident   
miandrandra ~ to look upright, to hold the head erect; to look up to for help; to be proud or self-confident. ~ to hold the head up; to look up to something

self-esteem   
hambom-po
nehoneho ~ assumption, self-esteem, magisterialness.
nekoneko ~ [Provincial] assumption, self-esteem, magisterialness.

self-importance   
bohibohy ~ redup. Of bohy. Assumption, self-importance, conceit, arrogance.

self-indulgence (a)   
aram-po ~ Self-indulgence, gratification, delight.

self-willed   
bohihy ~ obstinate, perverse, forward, self-willed, contumacious; bohika, and bohiko, also used.

selfish   
fia zana-borona ~ [zana-borona, a young bird.] Oppression, extortion, imposition; selfish holding to anything.
mibahana ~ to sit or stand on anything in a straddling manner. ~ to stretch one's self out so as to block up the way; to straddle and block the way
mihirim-belona ~ (lit. to shut the eyes when still living), to be selfish
mamy fo velona ~ selfish.
mamy hanina an-tanana ~ keeping all to one's self, as a sweet morsel in the hand; selfish. See <1mamyfovelona#
sarotra ~ difficult; selfish, hard to get along with; costly

selfish (to be)   
manao fihin-kala ~ to be selfish, to be avaricious, unkind or unmerciful.

selfishly (to act)   
manao am-pihi-mamba ~ to act selfishly

selfishly (to hold to anything)   
manao fia zana-borona ~ to oppress, to crush one's inferiors by hardship or unreasonable severity; to hold to anything selfishly.

selfishness   
fihi-mamba ~ Selfishness, lit. the clutch of a crocodile. ~ the attitude of not letting anything go like a crocodile
fihin-kala ~ Selfishness, avariciousness, churlishness.
fangoronana ~ the act of gathering together and confiscating; the act of rounding up; selfishness