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

17 Active verbs :	manabe, manabiaza, mankabe, mifañabe, mihabe, mahabe, mampañabe, makabiaza
18 Passive verbs :	habiazina, beazo, biazina, beazina
19 Relative verbs :	anabeazana, anabiazo, anabiazana, ankabiazana, ankabiazo, ahabiazo, ahabiazana, ahabeazana, ibeazana
20 Names :	ankabeazany, ankabiazany, fanabiazana, fanabe, fanabeazana, fibeazana, habe, habeaza, habiazana, mpanabe, berao, bereoka, benarivo, betafoaka, betohaka, betampano, betelo, befahana, bevavy, bekiviro, belakara, pañabe, pifañabe
21 Adjectives :	biaza, bebe, kabe