harika

Kikuyu

FWOTD – 2 June 2020

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hàɾíká/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA^(key): /hàɾíká(ꜜ)/
  As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[1]

Noun

harika class 9/10 (plural harika)

female goat that has not yet borne a kid[2]
Hypernym: mbũri

References

Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
“harika” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 142. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Malagasy

Noun

harika

scowl

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خارقه, from Arabic خارِقة (ḵāriqa, “marvel, something supernatural”).

Adjective

harika

great, marvellous, fantastic, wonderful

Related terms

harikulade

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خارقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 526
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harika”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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