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

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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