Editing Indri (section)

== Etymology ==
The name "indri" most likely comes from a native [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]] name for the animal, ''endrina''.<ref name=Hawking1981>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hacking | first1 = I. |url= https://spiritual-minds.com/philosophy/assorted/Hacking,%20Ian%20-%20Historical%20Ontology%20(Harper%202002).pdf#page=90&zoom=auto,-76,293 | title = Was there ever a radical mistranslation? | journal = Analysis | volume = 41 | issue = 4 | pages = 171–175 | doi = 10.2307/3327741 | year = 1981 | jstor = 3327741 }}</ref> An oft-repeated,<ref>[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition]], p.501, [[:commons:File:Indri EncyclopediaBritannica Vol.11 P.501.gif|Entry ''Indri'']]</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Willard Van Orman Quine | title=The Roots of Reference | location=La Salle, Illinois | publisher=Open Court Publishing Co. | year=1974 | title-link=The Roots of Reference }} Here: sect.11.</ref> but incorrect story is that the name comes from ''indry'' {{IPA|mg|ˈiɳɖʐʲ|}}, meaning "there" or "there it is".
[[France|French]] naturalist [[Pierre Sonnerat]], who first described the animal, supposedly heard a Malagasy point out the animal and took the word to be its name.<ref name=Hawking1981/> It has been suggested that he may have heard the local name ''endrina'' which is used.<ref>{{cite journal| title=Giant rabbits, marmosets, and British comedies: etymology of lemur names, part 1| url=https://www.aeecl.org/lemurnews/lemurnews2011_16.pdf#page=66| author1=Dunkel, Alexander R.| author2=Zijlstra, Jelle S.| author3=Groves, Colin P.| journal=Lemur News| pages=64–70| volume=16| year=2011| access-date=27 June 2019| archive-date=21 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921180752/http://www.aeecl.org/lemurnews/lemurnews2011_16.pdf#page=66| url-status=dead}}</ref> Another Malagasy name for the animal is ''{{lang|mg|babakoto}}'' {{IPA|mg|bəbəˈkut|}}. ''Babakoto'' is most commonly translated as "ancestor" or "father", but several translations are possible.<ref name=Mittermeier>{{LoM2 | pages = 391–403}}</ref> "Koto" is a Malagasy word for "little boy"<ref>Parker, Philip M. [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Malagasy-english/ "Malagasy English Dictionary."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701230930/http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Malagasy-english/ |date=1 July 2007 }} 2007. Webster's Online Dictionary.</ref> and "[[Rakoto]]" is a common name, with "Koto" as its diminutive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malagasy Dictionary and Encyclopedia : homePage |url=https://malagasyword.org/bins/homePage |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=malagasyword.org}}</ref> As "baba" is a term for "father," the word "babakoto" may be translated as "father of a little boy"<ref name=Bradt>{{cite book | author = Bradt, Hilary | url = https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841620513/worldtwitch | title = Madagascar: The Bradt Travel Guide | edition = 7th | location = Guilford | publisher = Bradt Travel Guides Ltd. | year = 2002| isbn = 9781841620510 }}</ref> or "father of Rakoto." The father-son dynamic of many of the babakoto origin myths helps to explain the Malagasy name.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}