Malagasy
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See also: malagasy
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malagasy malagasy. Compare English Madagascar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Malagasy (countable and uncountable, plural Malagasy or Malagasies)
- (countable) A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent.
- (uncountable) The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.
- (in particular) The chief lect of this language or language group.
Translations[edit]
person
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the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language
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Adjective[edit]
Malagasy (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar.
- Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people.
- Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language.
Translations[edit]
pertaining to Madagascar
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See also[edit]
- Appendix:Malagasy Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Malagasy
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Malagasy terms
Further reading[edit]
- Malagasy - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
- Malagasy World - Malagasy - English - French dictionary
- ISO 639-1 code mg, ISO 639-3 code mlg (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Malagasy, mlg, a macrolanguage including:
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Malagasy
- English terms derived from Malagasy
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Languages
- en:Madagascar