Malagasy Dictionary and Encyclopedia : babo

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Entry (1/6)

1 babo

Part of speech

2 noun

Derivatives

3 Active verbs :	mifamabo, mamabo, mambabo
4 Passive verbs :	voababo, binabo, baboina
5 Relative verbs :	amaboana
6 Names :	fahababoana, famabo, famaboana, mpamabo, babobabo
7 Adjectives :	mahababo

Explanations in Malagasy

8 olona resy an' ady ka entin' ny mpandresy manaraka azy toy ny fananany mihitsy
9 zavatra na fiadiana na entana, azo tamin' ny ady ka naniary fananan' izay nahazo azy; na zavatra nangalarin' ny mpangalatra [1.1]

Explanations in English

10 booty, captives [1.2, 1.7]
11 spoil; plunder of any kind. See sambotra and toha. [Swa. Babua, root of verb to strip off.] [1.2]

Explanations in French

12 prisonnier de guerre, butin [1.3, 1.8]
13 capture, les biens confisqués [1.3]

Examples

14 Ento daholo ny babo rehetra! [2.324]
15 Betsaka ny babo, babo olona betsaka, ary ny omby betsaka koa nentin' ny vahoaka. [2.48]

Morphology

16 Simple :

babo, baboko, babonao, babony, babontsika, babonay, babonareo, babon', babon-, babom-

Analogs

17 sambobelona

Proverbs

18 Proverbs containing the word babo

Entry (2/6)

19 babo

Part of speech

20 adjective

Explanations in Malagasy

21 mora vidy [Taisaka ] [1.78]
22 Resy, azo tanteraka: Babon' ilay zazavavy ny fony ka tsy nahapetraka izy [1.1]

Explanations in French

23 bon marché [Taisaka ] [1.82]

Entry (3/6)

24 babo

Part of speech

25 noun

Explanations in Malagasy

26 omby torahin-defona vonoina raha mpanankarena no maty [Sihanaka ] [1.78]

Entry (4/6)

27 babo

Part of speech

28 noun

Explanations in Malagasy

29 toko; fizarana lahatsoratra [Taimoro ] [1.78]

Entry (5/6)

30 babo

Part of speech

31 noun

Vocabulary

32 Botany: grass

Explanations in English

33 a twining plant with a large succulent root, which is eaten by the Sakalava to quench thirst. Dioscorea (?) sp. Also called beMANdry. [1.2]

Explanations in French

34 (au sens figuré : qu'on se procure facilement, à bon marché).
35 Dioscorea trichopoda Jum. & H. Perrier (Dioscoreaceae). Tubercule comestible [Mahafaly ] [1.196]

Synonyms

36 bemandry

Other spellings

37 baboha

Scientific name

38 Dioscorea trichopoda

Entry (6/6)

39 babo

Part of speech

40 noun

Vocabulary

41 Botany: tree