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| be | ~ 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.] ~ much, many, great |
| drehy | ~ aged, old. (Prov.) |
| giga | ~ hard, adamantine, tough, old |
| golagoay | ~ [goay, huge.] Aged, very old. (Prov.) |
| konka | ~ old, worn out (trivial) cf. tonta |
| lehibe | ~ big, large; old |
| antitra | ~ mature, ripe, aged, old, permanent, durable, gone through with, completed, perfected; deep as applied to colours; old in the sense of used up, or worn out, as a pen, a coat, etc. ~ mature; aged; dark (of colors); |
| tranainy | ~ old, out of date |
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