Malagasy to English dictionary
From MadaCamp
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
- lasopy chinoise, n.: Chinese noodle soup
- 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
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
