Note 31 — Chapter XXII · TO SÀKALÀVA LAND AND THE NORTH-WEST
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Mòka is the native word for “mosquito”; Mòkafòhy is, literally, “short mosquito”; but the insect is not a gnat, but a fly, and its name is, more correctly, Alòy.
Reading edition
Mòka is the native word for “mosquito”; Mòkafòhy is, literally, “short mosquito”; but the insect is not a gnat, but a fly, and its name is, more correctly, Alòy.