harika

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

harika class 9/10 (plural harika)

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ “harika” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 142. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Malagasy

Noun

harika

  1. scowl

Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

harika

  1. great; marvellous; fantastic
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