Malagasy Dictionary and Madagascar Encyclopedia : kely

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kely

Part of speech

adjective

Explanations in Malagasy

Tsy lehibe, madinika: Trano kely no ipetrahanay
¶ Tsy be, vitsy, tsy firy: Kely ny isan' ny mpianatra tonga
¶ Manify, mezaka: Kely ny vahan' io olona io
¶ Fohy zeny: Lazain' ny mpitantara fa olona kely, hono izany vazimba izany.
Mitovy hevitra: (olona) aketalahy ~ bija ~ bitika ~ boleta ~ botity ~ botry ~ bozeny ~ bozeta ~ hetry ~ kambitry ~ kambity ~ katita ~ kely endaka ~ kely ray ~ kely reny ~ madinika ~ mafy kely ~ majinika ~ nihinan-tain' orona ~ tapak' amponga ~ tsampirano ~ tsapitika ~ tsingentana ~ vatokely [Rajemisa 1985]

Explanations in English

little, small [Hallanger 1973]

Explanations in French

petit, peu [Hallanger 1974]

Derivations

anakelezana, fahakelezana, fahakely, fanakelezana, fanakely, fikelezana, hakelezana, hakelezina, kelikely, mahakely, mampanakely, mampifanakely, manakely, mifanakely, mihakely, mpanakely, tsikelikely, voakely

Morphology

Simple
kely keliko kelinao keliny kelintsika kelinay kelinareo

Compound words, titles, names

kely aizana
kely ambaitra
kely antitra
kely boritika
kely dia kely

kely fantatran' olona
kely hiratra
kely hoho
kely noho
kely ray

kely reny
kely saina
kely sisa
kely sisa tsy nahavoa
manao kely tsy mba mamindro

Examples

Manampy anay amin’ ny varotra kelinay ao izy, rahefa nahavita izay mba vitany tamin’ ny fianarana. [Andraina: I Vola, page 10]

Quotes

Proverbs containing the word kely

Toponymy

Place names having the word kely (23)

Ambalavaokely
Ambalavatokely
Ambararatakely
Ambatofotsikely
Ambatolampikely
Ambinanikely

Amboahangikely
Amparafaravolakely
Ampararanokely
Amparihikely
Analakely
Andranomavokely

Androfiakely
Ankiliabokely
Ankilivalokely
Antalatakely
Madirokely
Mahatsinjokely

Maroadabokely
Nosy Tanikely
Sabotsikely
Trafonombikely
Tsaratananakely

Updated on 2022/04/16