dada

(Tankarana, Tambahoaka) Synonym of dadoa


bingo

Related to faingoka, compare with Malay bengkok (“bent”).


avo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.


aro

(dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of roa


manta

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.


fotsy

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *putiq. Compare Malay putih.


masina

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)qasiN (compare with Malay masin).


feno

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəNuq; compare Indonesian penuh.


iray

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Compare Tagalog ilan (“few”).


mainty

From ma- + inty, inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qitem (“black”). Compare Tagalog maitim.


barabosy

(dialectal, Tankarana) meek, simple-minded


antsa

(dialectal, Vezo) charitable; compassionate; merciful; humane


be hevitra

be (“big, great”) + hevitra (“thought, thinking”)


bararaka

The plant names are due to these plants acting as an emetic.


nify

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis, from Proto-Austronesian *Nipis.


araka

(dialectal, Betsimisaraka) Synonym of sasatra


antsasaka

(of vegetables or leaves) spoiled; rotten


bamba iray

bamba (“spread all over”) + iray (“one”)


bakaka

(dialectal, of cloth or mats) badly woven or plaited


baribary

From bary (“open and expressive (eyes)”).


ara-potoana

araka (“according to; following”) + fotoana (“an appointed time”)

(of a session or assembly) regular, ordinary


havanana

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.


be bonga

be (“big, great”) + bonga (“clod, hill”)


barabara saina

barabara (“hoarse; foolish”) + saina (“mind; intellect”)


vaovao

Reduplication of vao, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Cognate with Indonesian baru.


efa-joro

efatra (“four”) + zoro (“corner, angle”)


tavan' arosy

tava + arosy, literally "face/figure of a knob-billed duck"


dadasika

Dadasika io lalana io

Dadasika io trano io

Dadasika io lehilahy io


be saina

be (“big, great”) + saina (“mind, intellect”)


vao

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.


vavy

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. Compare Ma'anyan wavey, Tagalog babae.


lavitra

From Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *alawid.


didy

(Tanosy) Synonym of mamo (“drunk, exhausted, disgusted”)


zamany

Either borrowed from Swahili zamani or its source Arabic زَمَن (zaman), زَمَان (zamān, “time”).