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Entry	Betsileo (be, tsy, leo)
Part of speech	name (ethnonym)
Explanations in Malagasy	Foko lehibe monina amin' ny tany voafaritry ny ony Mania, avaratra; ny tanin' ny Tanala, atsinanana; ny tendrombohitr' Andringitra, atsimo, ary ny tandavan-tendrombohitr' i Bongolava, andrefana. Mizara telo ny Betsileo: ny avaratra (renivohitra: Ambositra), ny afovoany (Ambohimahazo, Ambohinamboarina), ary ny any atsimo, izay mitsinjara telo indray: Isandra, Ilalangina ary Iarindrano. Tanàn-dehibe: Fianarantsoa, Ambositra, Ambohimahasoa, Ambalavao [Rajemisa 1985]
Explanations in English	A tribe inhabiting the South-central parts of the island. [Richardson 1885]
Explanations in French	nom d'une population du centre sud de Ma [...] [full text in Rajaonarimanana 1995]
Vocabulary	History: clans, tribes
Compound words, titles, names	Dubois: Essai de Dictionnaire Betsileo-Merina-Français       Dubois: Monographie des Betsileo       Rainihifina: Fomba Betsileo       Rainihifina: Tantara Betsileo
Tables and plates	Dialectal words
Examples	1 Andriamanalinarivo nanjaka tany Betsileo. [Fagereng: Tantara, page 93] 2 Tany Betsileo avaratra koa, hono, nisy azy. [Dahle: Angano, page 201]
Quotes	Proverbs containing the word Betsileo

Updated on 2020/07/31