varika

Malagasy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvarika/, [ˈvarikḁ]

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