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Language: Merina (Malagasy)

Source/Author:  Blust / Adelaar from Abinal & Malzac (1921), Richardson (1885) 
Notes:  Abinal, A. & Malzac, V. (1921) Dictionnaire Malgache-Français. Tananarive: Imprimerie de la mission Catholique.

Richardson, J. (1885) A new Malagasy-English dictionary. Antananarivo: London Missionary Society. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Penny Keenan  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Barito:East:Malagasy 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand tánana   18  
2 left havía   1?  
3 right havánana   1  
4 leg/foot ránjo   17?  
4 leg/foot tongotra      
5 to walk man-déha      
6 road/path lálana   1  
7 to come ávy   70  
7 to come tónga      
8 to turn word info víly   4?  
9 to swim l-om-áno   1  
9 to swim milomano      
10 dirty ma-lóto   24  
11 dust vóvoka      
12 skin hóditra   1?  
13 back word info lamósina lǝmbusir, lǝmusir ( Malay )   L
14 belly kíbo      
15 bone táolana   1  
16 intestines tsináy   1  
17 liver áty   1  
18 breast nóno   3  
19 shoulder sóroka      
20 to know, be knowledgeable maha-lála      
21 to think mi-hévitra      
22 to fear táhotra   1  
23 blood   1  
24 head lóha      
25 neck vózona      
26 hair word info vólo   3?  
27 nose órona   1  
28 to breathe mi-fóka      
29 to sniff, smell mi-tróka      
30 mouth váva   1  
31 tooth nífy   1  
32 tongue léla <Zelaq 4  
33 to laugh héhy      
34 to cry mi-t-om-ány   1  
35 to vomit man-dóa      
36 to spit man-dróra   1  
37 to eat h-óm-ana   1  
38 to chew word info mi-hóta      
39 to cook word info ma-hándro      
40 to drink mi-sótro      
41 to bite man-aikitra      
42 to suck mi-tséntsitra      
43 ear tadíny   1  
44 to hear man-dré[ni]      
45 eye máso ma-tso ( Bantu )   L
46 to see ma-híta   1  
47 to yawn man-óaka   1  
48 to sleep ma-tóry   1  
49 to lie down word info m-ándry      
50 to dream ma-nófy   1  
51 to sit ma-metraka to put, to let    
51 to sit mipetraka to sit    
52 to stand mi-tsángana      
53 person/human being ólona   17?  
54 man/male láhy   2  
55 woman/female vávy   1  
56 child ánaka   1  
57 husband vády      
58 wife vády      
59 mother rény   1?  
60 father ráy      
61 house tráno daŋau (Malay)   L
62 thatch/roof táfo bózaka      
63 name anárana   1  
64 to say mi-tény      
65 rope tády   1  
66 to tie up, fasten mi-féhy      
67 to sew word info man-jáitra   2  
68 needle fan-jáitra      
69 to hunt word info mi-háza      
70 to shoot word info mi-tífitra      
71 to stab, pierce man-dóaka   23?  
72 to hit word info ma-mély      
73 to steal mang-álatra      
74 to kill ma-móno   1  
75 to die, be dead máty   1  
76 to live, be alive mi-áina      
77 to scratch word info mi-háotra      
78 to cut, hack word info ma-nápaka      
79 stick/wood házo kayu (Malay) 1 L
80 to split word info ma-máky      
81 sharp pílopílo      
82 dull, blunt dómbo   3  
83 to work word info mi-ása jasa (Malay) < āyāsa- (Sanskrit)   L
84 to plant mam-bóly   18  
85 to choose mi-fídy   1  
86 to grow word info mi-tómbo   1  
87 to swell word info mi-bóntsina      
88 to squeeze word info ma-mía (<fia) 1  
89 to hold word info mi-tána      
89 to hold word info mi-házona      
90 to dig mi-hády   1  
91 to buy mi-vídy   1  
92 to open, uncover ma-móha      
93 to pound, beat word info mi-tóto or 20? 2  
94 to throw word info mi-tóraka      
95 to fall word info lávo   1  
96 dog alíka      
96 dog ambóa mbwa (Bantu)   L
97 bird vórona buruŋ (Malay)   L
98 egg atódy   1  
99 feather vólo   1  
100 wing élatra   23  
101 to fly ma-nídina      
102 rat voalávo   1  
103 meat/flesh héna      
104 fat/grease ma-távy      
105 tail rámbo      
106 snake bibiláva      
107 worm (earthworm) kánkana      
108 louse word info háo      
109 mosquito móka      
110 spider hála kala ( Malay ) < kala ( Sanskrit ) 1? L
111 fish haza-n-dráno      
111 fish trondro      
111 fish laoko      
112 rotten word info dródroka      
113 branch word info ráhaka      
114 leaf rávina      
115 root fáka   2  
116 flower vóny   1?  
117 fruit vóa   1  
118 grass áhitra      
119 earth/soil tány   1  
120 stone váto   1  
121 sand fásika pasir (Malay)   L
122 water word info ráno   1  
123 to flow mi-válana      
124 sea ranomásina      
125 salt síra (garam) sira (Malay) 1 L
126 lake faríhy perigi (Malay)   L
127 woods/forest ála   1  
128 sky lánitra   1  
129 moon vólana   1  
130 star kíntana      
131 cloud word info ráhona   1  
132 fog závona      
133 rain orana   1  
134 thunder kótroka      
135 lightning hélatra   1  
135 lightning tselatra      
136 wind rívotra ribut (Malay) 24 L
137 to blow word info mi-tsóka tiup (Malay)   L
138 warm word info ma-fána   1  
139 cold word info ma-ngatsíaka      
139 cold word info hatsìaka      
139 cold word info nàra      
140 dry word info máina      
141 wet kótsa      
142 heavy ma-vésatra   1  
143 fire áfo   1  
144 to burn word info man-dóro      
145 smoke word info sétroka      
146 ash lavénona      
147 black má-inty   1  
148 white fótsy   1?  
149 red ména   1?  
150 yellow vóny      
150 yellow mavo      
151 green ma-itso   25?  
152 small kély      
153 big lehibé      
154 short word info fóhy      
155 long word info láva   28?  
156 thin word info ma-nífy   1  
157 thick word info ma-tévina      
158 narrow éty      
159 wide ma-lálaka   1  
160 painful, sick ma-ráry   1?  
161 shy, ashamed hénatra      
162 old word info ántitra      
163 new váo   1  
164 good tsára acara (Malay) < ācāra- (Sanskrit)   L
165 bad, evil rátsy      
166 correct, true márina   20  
167 night álina      
168 day ándro      
169 year táona   1  
170 when? word info ovíana      
171 to hide word info ma-nítrika      
172 to climb word info mi-ákatra      
173 at ámy      
174 in, inside anáty      
175 above ambóny      
176 below ambány      
177 this áty   10  
178 that áo      
178 that ány      
179 near akéky      
180 far lávitra      
181 where? word info áiza      
182 I iz[áho]   1  
183 thou hianáo   10  
184 he/she ízy   1  
185 we word info isíka isika (incl.) 1  
185 we word info izaháy izahay (excl) 2  
186 you hianaréo      
187 they ízy   1?  
188 what? word info ínona   2  
189 who? word info izáy   1?  
190 other háfa      
191 all rehétra      
192 and sy      
192 and ary      
192 and ka   1  
193 if ráha      
194 how? word info ahóana      
195 no, not tsy      
195 no, not tsia      
196 to count man-ísa      
197 One word info ísa   1  
198 Two word info róa   1  
199 Three word info télo   1  
200 Four word info éfatra   1  
201 Five word info dimy   1  
202 Six word info enina   1  
203 Seven word info fito   1  
204 Eight word info valo   3  
205 Nine word info sivy   5  
206 Ten word info folo   5  
207 Twenty word info roapolo   3, 6  
208 Fifty word info dimampolo   1, 2  
209 One Hundred word info jato   4, 15  
209 One Hundred word info zato   4, 15  
210 One Thousand word info arivo ribu (Malay) 5 L

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