| | small  |
| vola madinika | small change |
| bolitika | small ~ small, minute, extremely little. See <1bilitika#mg.aj>, <1biritika#mg.aj>, <1boritika#mg.aj>, <1kitika#mg.aj> |
| biritika | small (extremely) ~ extremely small. See <1bitika#mg.aj>, and <1bolitika#mg.aj>. |
| biritsika | small ~ extremely small. See bitika, and bolitika. |
| boritika | small ~ small, minute. See bitika, kitika |
| debodebo | small ~ short, dwarfish, small and fat but well formed. Debodebony also used. Used of persons and animals |
| hely | small |
| kely | small ~ little, small |
| keliray | small ~ Small and slight of stature (of a man) |
| kelireny | small ~ small and slight of stature (of a woman) |
| aloy | small ~ fig. small, minute |
| madilana | small ~ small in the middle |
| madinika | small ~ often pronounced majinika. Small, minute, slender, little, fine, of cloth, etc. |
| piloka | small |
| voadilana | small ~ made small in the middle |
| hakelezina | smaller ~ to be diminished, to be made smaller |
| kely noho | smaller than |
| fahavitsiana | smallness of number ~ fewness, smallness of number |
| havitsiana | smallness of number ~ smallness of number, fewness |
| belemby | smallpox ~ [lemby, deserted.] The small-pox. So called because of the deadly character of the disease. See nendra, lavira.^Provincial |
| lavira | small-pox (the) ~ a name given to small-pox, expressing the idea of "May it be far away" |
| nendra | smallpox (the) ~ the small-pox. See <1kiria#>, <1lavira#>. [swa. Ndui.] ~ smallpox |
| fanjoa | small shot ~ small shot. (Prov.) See fatsaka. |