babakoton.

Brit.

/babəˈkəʊtəʊ/,

/ˌbɑːbəˈkəʊtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌbɑbəˈkoʊdoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Malagasy. Etymon: Malagasy babakoto.

Etymology: < Malagasy babakoto, of uncertain origin (see note). Compare earlier babacoote n.It is not clear whether the common association of the animal's name with Malagasy †baba ‘father, elder’ and koto ‘boy, lad’ (compare quot. 1870) is correct or simply reflects a folk etymology.

The indri, Indri indri. Cf. babacoote n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Indriidae > genus Indri (indri)

indri1839

babacoote1870

babakoto1884

1870 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 14 362 There is an animal very much like the Tarsius, called in the island Baba koto (boy-father).]

1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 482 The babakoto is extremely variable in coloring.

1935 Jrnl. Mammalogy 16 102 The Europeans have come to use this word [sc. ‘babakoto’] for any lemur... The natives who have had much contact with white people..use the word in this sense when talking to Europeans even in areas where the true babakoto does not occur.

1987 Anthropol. Today 3 16/2 A soundtrack of village noises including the distant howling of the babakoto lemur complete the illusion.

2004 G. Pitcher & P. Wright Madagascar & Comoros 199 Tradition relates that the babakoto got its name when a boy named Koto climbed a tree.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babakoto
释义	babakoton. Brit. /babəˈkəʊtəʊ/, /ˌbɑːbəˈkəʊtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌbɑbəˈkoʊdoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Malagasy. Etymon: Malagasy babakoto. Etymology: < Malagasy babakoto, of uncertain origin (see note). Compare earlier babacoote n.It is not clear whether the common association of the animal's name with Malagasy †baba ‘father, elder’ and koto ‘boy, lad’ (compare quot. 1870) is correct or simply reflects a folk etymology. The indri, Indri indri. Cf. babacoote n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Indriidae > genus Indri (indri) indri1839 babacoote1870 babakoto1884 1870 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 14 362 There is an animal very much like the Tarsius, called in the island Baba koto (boy-father).] 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 482 The babakoto is extremely variable in coloring. 1935 Jrnl. Mammalogy 16 102 The Europeans have come to use this word [sc. ‘babakoto’] for any lemur... The natives who have had much contact with white people..use the word in this sense when talking to Europeans even in areas where the true babakoto does not occur. 1987 Anthropol. Today 3 16/2 A soundtrack of village noises including the distant howling of the babakoto lemur complete the illusion. 2004 G. Pitcher & P. Wright Madagascar & Comoros 199 Tradition relates that the babakoto got its name when a boy named Koto climbed a tree. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1884
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