| Entry (1/4) | 1 bako |
| Part of speech | 2 noun |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
3 Fefin-tokotany vita amin' ny hazo, na vala [1.1] 4 fefy [Bezanozano, Sihanaka] [1.78] 5 vala [Bezanozano] [1.78] |
| Explanations in English |
6 an enclosure, a cattle-pen, a cattle-fold made of poles a mound; a tower a small iron hook used for catching birds [1.2] |
| Explanations in French |
7 sorte de parc à boeufs [Tankarana]
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| Entry (2/4) | 8 bako |
| Part of speech | 9 noun |
| Explanations in French |
10 (sens général : grand et beau ; bien fait). Nom donné à plusieurs ignames sauvages ; surtout Dioscorea nako H. Perrier , Dioscorea trichantha Baker et Dioscorea sterilis O.Weber & Wilkin (Dioscoreaceae). Seyrig note sur son n° 367 (Dioscorea sterilis) : « tubercules par deux ; en novembre un grand et un petit, tous deux comestibles, le grand atteignant 60cm de long se mange cuit ; saveur excellente ». [Sakalava, Mahafaly]
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| Vocabulary | 11 Botany |
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| Entry (3/4) | 12 bako |
| Part of speech | 13 adjective |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
14 Tsara bika, lava vaventy, ranianana sady matombintombina: Jerena lavitra iry tovovavy iry toa bako dia bako [1.1] |
| Explanations in English |
15 well formed, well shaped. See bikana [1.2] |
| Explanations in French |
16 bien fait [1.3] |
| Examples |
17 Rangahy be fanantenana, Ramatoa tsy kely finoana, ny ankizy koa ahombiazana fa sady meva no bako.
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18 jazavavy bako lava, terak' olona mpirandrana solofo Tatsinanana mbamin' ny ony nanabe ny tanimbary manomoio sy ny renirano kely notarihina am:n' ny fandrana ho an' iretsy tanin' anana. [2.285] |
| All compound words | 19 bakolava |
| Synonyms | 20 bakobako, bikana |
| Entry (4/4) | 21 bako |
| Part of speech | 22 adjective |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
23 Valabalaka, vizana tsy mahahetsika firy: Bako marina aho izany fa niasa angady indray andro maninjitra [1.1] |
| Explanations in English |
24 delicate, weary, exhausted [1.2] |
| Explanations in French |
25 fatigué [1.3] |
| Derivatives |
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| Synonyms | 29 bakobako |
| Anagrams | 30 bako, 31 boka, 32 kabo, 33 koba |
| Updated on 2025/10/08 |
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