Malagasy
Malagasy: Food Vocabulary
General
| Malagasy | English |
| mamy | sweet |
| tsara soa |
good |
| marikvy makirana |
sour |
| mangidy mafaraka mafaitra [used in the North] mangeroka |
bitter |
| masiaka mahamay manaikitra |
spicy |
| masina masira |
salty |
| masirasira | salty-ish |
| sira [for cooking salt] hasina [value like salt] fanasina [something that you use to value something] |
salt |
| mafana may [burnt] mahamay |
hot |
| mangatsiaka mamanala [icy/frost] |
cold |
| mampangatsiaka | make cold |
| mahandro | to cook |
| miketrika | to distill/extract [e.g., essential oils] |
| mampangotraka | to boil |
Taste
| mangidy | bitter | masira | salty |
| matsatso | bland | janim-py | savory |
| maharikivy | sour | ||
| masiaka | spicy (also mean) | ||
| hanitra mamy soa |
sweet (adj.) [Soa also functions as a noun.] |
Color
| mainty | black | mena | red | voasary | orange (color) |
| fotsy | white | maitso | green | mavokely | pink |
| volondavenona | grey | manga | blue | violet | purple |
| mavo | yellow | ||||
Texture
| mitsako | chewy | vaovao | fresh |
| crisp | mafy | hard | |
| manopy | crunchy | masaka | ripe |
| malefaka | soft | ||
| manta | unripe |
