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