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Entry

1  bele

Part of speech

2  noun

Explanations in Malagasy

3 [Bara] vomanga [1.78] 4 karazana hanin-kotrana [1.13] 5 [Masikoro] vomanga, bageda [2.606#151]

Explanations in English

6 [Betsileo+Sakalava] The sweet potato. (Bets. And Sak.) Batatas edulis, Choisy. Same as vomanga, ovihazo (Bets.), vihazo (Bets.), mbizo (Bets.), and tsimanga (Prov.), etc. [1.2]

Explanations in French

7 patate douce [1.13] 8 [Betsimisaraka+Betsileo] (étymologie comme bela) Ipomoea batatas Poir. (Convolvulaceae). [1.196]

Examples

9  Ny haninkotrana (vomanga na bele sy saonjo) mbamin'ny voamaina (voanemba, tsaramaso) no hanentsenana ny banga araka izay azo atao. [2.606]

Vocabulary

10  Botany: vegetable

Analogs

11  bageda, 12  batata, 13  belena, 14  bokala, 15  mbizo, 16  vomanga

Scientific name

17 Ipomoea batatas

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Anagrams

bele, 18 lebe

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Updated on 2026/02/04