| | short  |
| boletaka | ~ short, dwarfish. |
| boletaleta | ~ short, dwarfish. |
| boleta | ~ short, dwarfish. |
| boteta | ~ short, dwarfish |
| bozy | ~ stunted, dwarfish, diminutive in stature; short but pleasing |
| bozeny | ~ short, very little, dwarfish. See <1zeny#> |
| debodebo | ~ short, dwarfish, small and fat but well formed. Debodebony also used. Used of persons and animals |
| dovidovy | ~ short, shortish, dwarfish |
| fohy | ~ short |
| okenana | ~ sort and stout. Comp. onkina. |
| tabebaka | ~ short and spacious. Chiefly applied to baskets: rather short, shallow, or dwarfish. |
| | shortened  |
| bory | ~ round; cropped, shortened |
| fohezina | ~ to be shortened, to be made brief. |
| afintina | ~ to be made to be closer or more compact, as a bundle of wood, cloth, fagots, garments, etc. ~ to be shrunk, to be contracted, to be shortened |
| fintinina | ~ to be shrunk, to be contracted, to be shortened |
| hafohezina | ~ see fohy. ~ to be shortened |
| voafohy | ~ shortened, made brief. |