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| abo | 2 great ~ High and round; great, tall. See avo, and ambo. |
| be | 3 great ~ much, many, numerous, large, great, loud. See betsaka, lehibe. This word is extensively used in compound words, especially before nouns, as bevava, besofina, great-mouthed, large-eared, etc; before other words for names of tribes, as Betsileo, etc; and after other nouns, as raibe, great grandfather, sinibe, a big water-pot, etc. It governs the accusative case, as: any aminay no be azy (There are many of them with us). [Mal. Besar, Jav. Rabe.] ~ much, many, great |
| fatratra | 4 great ~ great, amazing |
| hain-tany | 5 great ~ [tany, earth.] Numerous, in great numbers, great in quantity |
| miezinezina | 6 great ~ to be great, to be prominent |
| ngezabe | 7 great ~ honourable, great, illustrious, famous; huge. [comp. Swa. Mgreza.] ~ great; huge, enormous |
| ngeza | 8 great ~ honourable, great, illustrious, famous; huge. Compare Swahili Mgreza |
| vaventy | 9 great ~ great, large; eminent, honorable |
| manalehibe | 10 greater (to make) ~ to make bigger or greater |
| telonohorefy | 11 greatest (the) ~ the greatest |
| zafiafy | 12 great-grandchild ~ a great-grandchild |
| tsy hita velively | 13 greatly ~ greatly, excessively |
| fahalehibiazana | 14 greatness ~ dimensions; size; greatness |
| fahamboniana | 15 greatness (a) ~ greatness, superiority |
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