|  | three  | 
| tsitelotelo | three by three ~ three by three | 
| hateloana | three days ~ [ha-, and telo, three.] three days. | 
| iray fototra | three eggs ~ a nest of three eggs | 
| fiteloana | three (division into) | 
| fitelo | three (state of being divided into) | 
| mahatelo | three (which adds up to) | 
| mahatelo | three (which divides into) | 
| mpitelo | three (that which is divided into) | 
| mitelo | three (to divide into) ~ to divide into three | 
| telo | three ~ three [Javanese talu, other Malay and Polynesian languages tello, tolu, and toro] | 
| teloina | three (to be divided into) ~ to be divided into three | 
| telovina | three (to be divided into) ~ to be divided into three | 
| ampaka telo | three-fold ~ [telo, three.] Three-fold, three times. | 
| telo heny | threefold (a) ~ a threefold | 
| avo telo heny | threefold (a) ~ a threefold | 
| ilasiray | threepence ~ [sy, and iray, one.] threepence ; lit. one half and one, ie. One half (of twopence) and one (twopence). Pronounced lasiray. | 
| dikina | three times ~ three times, thrice^Provincial | 
| intelo | three times ~ three times ~ three times (and so with other numerals) | 
| Three Visits to Madagascar |  | 
| roatokom-bolana | three weeks ~ three weeks |