Talk:meerkat

Afrikaans
Could anyone please verify the Afrikaans claim? Ncik 05 Apr 2005

Need Swahili
Need Swahili translation. 24.29.228.33 08:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Oriental origin
Some sources suggest an alternative oriental origin: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Should it be mentioned? Wyang (talk) 02:25, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That theory should be mentioned, yes — or more precisely, the mention of it should be moved. It's already in meerkat. As that Dutch entry notes, however, it's a problematic theory, given how early the term is attested in Germanic. Sprache und Evolution: Grundlagen der Evolution und Ansätze (1990) offers a combination of the two theories, saying Germanic sailors interpreted the Indian word as "Meer-Katze". - -sche (discuss) 03:13, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Added to the entry. – Jberkel 13:04, 28 February 2019 (UTC)