varika

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Malagasy

Etymology

Related to Banjarese warik (monkey) and Ma'anyan warik (monkey).

Pronunciation

Noun

varika

  1. brown lemur (Eulemur spp.)
  2. (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