Malagasy to English dictionary

A

• akoho, n.: chicken
• akoholahy, n: cock
• akohovavy, n.: hen
• akondro, n.: banana
• alika, n.: dog
• ankoay, n.: Madagascar fish eagle
• ankora, n.: shell
• ampalibe, n.: jackfruit

B

• betsabetsa, n.: local rum
• boky, n.: book

F

• fandriana, n.: bed
• fiarakaretsaka, n.: taxi
• filentehan'ny masoandro, n.: sunset
• firavaka, n.: jewelry
• fitodiana, n.: airport or port

G

• gasy, adj.: short for Malagasy

H

• hazandrano, n.: fish, shrimps, water snails, etc., used as food
• hazo, n.: tree, wood
• hotely, n.: restaurant

K

• karenjy, v.: to stroll. Karenjy is also the name of Madagascar's one and only car brand
• katsaka, n.: corn, maize
• kibory, n.: tomb, burial house
• kola, n.: kola nut
• konikony, n.: custard apple or sugar apple

L

• lakana, n.: dogout canoe, small boat
• laoranjy, n.: orange (tree or fruit)
• lavanila, n.: vanilla

M

• manamboatra, v.: to arrange, to prepare; to repair
• manga, n.: mango (tree or fruit)
• maraina, n.: morning
• masoandro, n.: sun
• matsiro, adj.: delicious
• mofo, n.: bread
• mofo gasy, n.: Malagasy bread
• mofomamy, n.: cake
• morona, n.: beach
• mpianatra, n.: pupil, student
• mora mora

N

• nosy, n.: island

O

• ony, n.: river
• osy, n.: goat

P

• paty, n.: pasta
• pousse-pousses, n.: rickshaw

R

• riana, n.: waterfall

S

• Sambirano, n.: "still water", the Sambirano River runs in the north-west of Madagascar
• saka, n.: cat
• sakafo, n.: food or meal
• sakafo maraina, n.: breakfast
• sarety, n.: bullock cart or ox cart or zebu cart
• sokatra, n.: turtle or tortoise

T

• tanimbary, n: ricefield
• tay vazaha: a male offspring of mixed race where the father is of European descent.
• tetezana, n: bridge
• trano fiangonana, n: church
• Trano Gasy, n: Malagasy house
• tsako, n: corn

V

• vahona, n.: aloe
• vary, n.: rice
• vazaha, n.: foreigner, stranger
• vinany, n.: the estuary of a river at the sea
• voay, n.: crocodile
• voninkazo, n.: flower
• vorontsiloza, n.: turkey

Z

• za, n.: baobab tree