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.

Noun

harika class 9/10 (plural harika)

1. female goat that has not yet borne a kid

   Hypernym: mbũri

Malagasy

Noun

harika

1. scowl

Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

harika

1. great, marvellous, fantastic, wonderful

Related terms

• harikulade

References

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