harika

KikuyuEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /hàɾíká(ꜜ)/

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) 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]

NounEdit

harika class 9/10 (plural harika)

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

ReferencesEdit

^ 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.

MalagasyEdit

NounEdit

harika

scowl

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic خارِقة‎ (ḵāriqa, “marvel, something supernatural”).

AdjectiveEdit

harika (comparative daha harika, superlative en harika)

great; marvellous; fantastic

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