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small   
bolitika ~ small, minute, extremely little. See <1bilitika#mg.aj>, <1biritika#mg.aj>, <1boritika#mg.aj>, <1kitika#mg.aj>
biritsika ~ extremely small. See bitika, and bolitika.
boritika ~ small, minute. See bitika, kitika
debodebo ~ short, dwarfish, small and fat but well formed. Debodebony also used. Used of persons and animals
hely ~ [Provincial] a word for <1kely#>
kely ~ little, small
keliray ~ Small and slight of stature (of a man)
kelireny ~ small and slight of stature (of a woman)
aloy ~ fig. small, minute
madilana ~ small in the middle
madinika ~ often pronounced majinika. Small, minute, slender, little, fine, of cloth, etc.
piloka
voadilana ~ made small in the middle

small (extremely)   
biritika ~ extremely small. See <1bitika#mg.aj>, and <1bolitika#mg.aj>.

small change   
vola madinika

small shot   
fanjoa ~ small shot. (Prov.) See fatsaka.

small-pox (the)   
lavira ~ a name given to small-pox, expressing the idea of "May it be far away"

smaller   
hakelezina ~ see kely. ~ to be diminished, to be made smaller

smaller than   
kely noho

smallness of number   
fahavitsiana ~ fewness, smallness of number
havitsiana ~ smallness of number, fewness

smallpox   
belemby ~ [Provincial] [lemby, deserted.] The small-pox. So called because of the deadly character of the disease. See nendra, lavira.

smallpox (the)   
nendra ~ the small-pox. See <1kiria#>, <1lavira#>. [swa. Ndui.] ~ smallpox