| | difficult  |
| fahasarotana | difficulty ~ difficulty; high prices |
| hafy | difficulty (a) ~ hardship, difficulty, something requiring endurance or inconvenience. It is generally used with the suffix pronoun -ny. See <1aritra#>. |
| mafy | difficult |
| manano sarotra | difficult ~ to be in a difficult position; to be difficult to do |
| manasarotra | difficult (to make something) ~ to make something difficult |
| manavia | difficult (to be) |
| anoin-tsarotra | difficult ~ difficult, beset with difficulties |
| sahirana | difficulty |
| sarotiny | difficult |
| sarotra | difficult |