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water (a)   
rano ~ water [Mal. Ayer; Jav. Koki, and Toyan rano; Caroline Islands rao; Ceram arr; New. Heb. Ôna; Menadu and Port Morseby ranu.] ~ water; liquid

water (to add cold)   
manampoka ~ to soak, to steep ~ to add cold water

water (to give off)   
mitsiranorano ~ liquid-like; liquefied. ~ to give off water, as a wound might

water (to)   
manondraka ~ to water, to moisten

water (very cold)   
ranom-panala ~ Very cold water.

water flowing swiftly   
rano maria ~ Water flowing swiftly

water lily   
betsimihilana ~ [tsy, not, mihilana, inclining.] The leaves of the water lily called tatamo.
tatamo ~ a large blue water lily. Nymphaea stellata, Willd. ~ a water lily

water lily (kind of)   
voahirana ~ a kind of water lily

water measure (a)   
fa-drano ~ A water measure.

water tank   
tobin-drano

water-course (a)   
lalan-drano ~ [rano, water] a water-course, a gutter, a channel. Compare <1lahindrano#

water-faucet   
paompy ~ a pump; a water-faucet

water-tank (a)   
fitahirizan-drano

watercress   
anadrano ~ watercress
anandrano ~ [rano, water.] Water-cress. Nasturtium officinale, R. Br. ~ watercress

watered (to be)   
tondrahana ~ to be watered, to be moistened

waterfall (a)   
riana ~ rapids, a waterfall

waterfall (over the)   
an-driana

waterfowl   
vivy ~ a small waterfowl, a species of goose; in some dialects, a small grebe

waterfowl (a)   
vorona ~ a bird, esp. waterfowl
vorondrano ~ waterfowl

waterish   
mandranorano ~ waterish, purulent.
maranorano ~ waterish, purulent.

waterlily flower   
vonim-boahirana

watermelon   
voanketsihetsy
voatavorano

watermelon (a)   
voazava

waterspout   
rambondanitra ~ [rambin-danitra] A water-spout ~ [rambin-danitra] a waterspout, the funnel of a tornado

watery   
mifetsa ~ to be wet, watery, or slippery.
marano ~ watery, thin, too liquid
matsora ~ liquid, watery, thin; cf. <1rihitra#>

watery (to be)   
miboretaka ~ to be soft, to be watery, to be spongy, as mud, clay, or dough; to hang down, as branches; to be idle, to cower down, to squat upon the ground; to shirk, to lounge about instead of working

  
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