Malagasy Dictionary and Encyclopedia : be

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Entry (1/3)

1 be

Part of speech

2 adjective

Explanations in Malagasy

3 betsaka [Tanala, Tanosy, Taimoro] [1.78]
4 maro, lehibe, ngeza [1.481]
5 betsaka, maro, sesehena (alohan' ny anarana mandrakariva): Be trano itỳ tanàna itỳ
6 lehibe, ngeza, makadiry (aloha na aorian' ny anarana): Be kibo io rangahy io. He! izato kibo beny
7 lehibe, be vava (aorian' ny anarana): Harem-be ~ Fatiantoka be izany
8 lehibe, maro karazana, malaza (aorian' ny anarana): Fihinanam-be re izao! [1.1]

Explanations in English

9 much, many, numerous, large, great, loud. See betsaka, lehibe. This word is extensively used in compound words, especially before nouns, as bevava, besofina, great-mouthed, large-eared, etc; before other words for names of tribes, as Betsileo, etc; and after other nouns, as raibe, great grandfather, sinibe, a big water-pot, etc. It governs the accusative case, as: any aminay no be azy (There are many of them with us). [Mal. Besar, Jav. Rabe.] [1.2]
10 much, many, great
11 old [1.7]

Explanations in French

12 étant grand [1.109#44]
13 beaucoup, nombreux; gros, grand
14 vieux [1.8]

Morphology

15 Simple :	be
16 Imperative :	biaza

Derivatives

Active verbs :	17 mampañabe, 18 manabe, 19 manabiaza, 20 mankabe, 21 makabiaza, 22 mifañabe, 23 mihabe
Passive verbs :	24 beazina, 25 beazo, 26 biazina, 27 habiazina
Relative verbs :	28 ahabeazana, 29 ahabiazana, 30 ahabiazo, 31 anabeazana, 32 anabiazana, 33 anabiazo, 34 ankabiazana, 35 ankabiazo, 36 ibeazana
Names :	37 ankabeazany, 38 ankabiazany, 39 befahana, 40 bekiviro, 41 belakara, 42 benarivo, 43 berao, 44 bereoka, 45 betafoaka, 46 betampano, 47 betelo, 48 betohaka, 49 bevavy, 50 fanabe, 51 fanabeazana, 52 fanabiazana, 53 fibeazana, 54 habe, 55 habeaza, 56 habiazana, 57 mpanabe, 58 pañabe, 59 pifañabe
Adjectives :	60 bebe, 61 kabe