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gesticulate

mampiasa ny tanany na ny vatany izy rehefa miteny
- A "Haka" is the native dance, answering to the corroboree of the Australian aboriginals, and we were anxious to see it. Later in the evening, however, the complaisant Herekiekie entertained a small and select party at a "Haka" in his "whare" or house (pronounced wharry). It was exactly what I expected. The performers, all male, stood in a row, one, slightly advanced, acting as fugleman. They shouted and gesticulated with the most hideous and revolting gestures, grimaces, and yells. – A Week among the Maoris of Lake Taupo, The Cornhill Magazine, London, , 15, XXXIII, 193, 561748243, pejy 65, 1876-01
- ... groups of dancers were wheeling, plunging, and gesticulating while the ogre, more aphasic than before, mumbled at full strength ... – Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim, 12, 1954
- He's delusional, and obsessed with a girl named Claire, and he says such things as: "I know she loves me, she just doesn't know it yet." And he gesticulates wildly, as though he were a fop in the court of Louis XIV. – Ariel Love, Half empty, The Guardian, 30 Janoary 2005
miteny na maneho hevitra amin'ny alalan'ny fihetsika
- the TV programme is influencing not only the way Irish people speak but also how they gesticulate. Now almost every utterance is accompanied by arms outstretched and palms turned upwards." – Irish Times, 6 Desambra 2004