e/Hainteny

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has gloss	eng: Hainteny (, Malagasy for "knowledge of words") is a traditional form of Malagasy oral literature and poetry, involving heavy use of metaphor (kennings). It is associated primarily with the Merina people of Madagascar. In its use of metaphor and allusion it resembles another type of poetry, the Malay pantun, and Fox suggests "it seems likely the Merina brought with them a Malayo-Polynesian poetic tradition" to Madagascar. The Ibonia, an epic poem related for centuries in different versions across Madagascar, reflects the value placed on the linguistic skills celebrated in the hainteny tradition. Collections of hainteny were first gathered in print form on the orders of Queen Ranavalona I in the 19th century. The French writer Jean Paulhan, who stayed in Madagascar in 1908 to 1910 made an intensive study of the hainteny and published a book of translations in 1913.
lexicalization	eng: Hain-teny
lexicalization	eng: Hainteny
instance of	(noun) a short pithy instructive saying apophthegm, aphorism, apothegm

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Genre littéraire en usage à Madagascar, en particulier chez les Merina. Les hain-teny ou hainteny (propos élaborés?) se présentent habituellement sous forme de poème court où on part de généralités anodines pour ensuite en arriver subitement au sujet proprement dit selon un mécanisme dassociation subtile appréciée des connaisseurs. Le sujet en question est presque toujours en rapport avec la quête amoureuse. On a rapproché les hain-teny des pantun malais, ce qui permet den déduire quil sagit dun vieux procédé littéraire malayo-polynésien, amené à Madagascar par les premiers émigrants originaires dIndonésie.
lexicalization	fra: hain-teny
lexicalization	fra: Hainteny