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Malagasy
Etymology
Related to Banjarese warik (“monkey”) and Ma'anyan warik (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
Noun
varika
- brown lemur (Eulemur spp.)
- (by extension) any lemur
- Synonym: gidro
References
- Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France, pages 1–31
- Hébert, Jean-Claude (1964) “Les noms d'animaux en malgache”, in Civilisation Malgache, archived from the original on 13 July 2017, page 299