harika

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Kikuyu[edit]

FWOTD – 2 June 2020

Pronunciation[edit]

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[edit]

harika class 9/10 (plural harika)

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

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

harika

scowl

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

harika

great, marvellous, fantastic, wonderful

Related terms[edit]

harikulade

References[edit]

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خارقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 526
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harika”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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