Austronesian origins of animal names II
< Maanyan
warik
‘monkey
sp.’ [Bj < Dahl]
lemur
spp.
varika
cf. PMP *
paniki
‘flying fox’.
Blust (2002: 107) notes
that reflexes of this are
absent
in Borneo and thus
the reflex in Malagasy is
rather surprising [see
Adelaar on other sources
for Malagasy]
Pteropodid
ae
Fruit
bats
fanihy