varika
Appearance
Malagasy
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Banjarese warik (“monkey”) and Ma'anyan warik (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]varika
- brown lemur (Eulemur spp.)
- (by extension) any lemur
- Synonym: gidro
References
[edit]- 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[1], Aussois, France, pages 1–31
- Hébert, Jean-Claude (1964) “Les noms d'animaux en malgache”, in Civilisation Malgache[2], archived from the original on 13 July 2017, page 299