harika

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

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=harika&oldid=76215048"