fika
verb
to arrive.
The infinitive is kufika.
Forms
- kufika
- Infinitive
Origins
Its earlier history is still under review.
Sources4
Martin Haspelmath and Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database: Swahili (Max Planck Digital Library, 2009), wold-master/cldf/forms.csv row 33324.
Classifies fika as a verb.
Mzee Morino Tsuneo and Nassor Nakazima Hisasi (editors), A dictionary of the Swahili language (Tokyo: ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1990–1997), +fika; [K13].
Records the arrival meaning.
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 160.
Attests kufika in an arrival example.
University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, Swahili glossary (University of Kansas), -fika row.
Lists fika as a verb meaning to arrive.
Examples
Tumefika sokoni.
We have arrived at the market.
Nimefika salama.
I have arrived safely.
Basi linafika saa ngapi?
What time does the bus arrive?
Tulifika Mombasa jana.
We arrived in Mombasa yesterday.
Ukifika, nipigie simu.
Call me when you arrive.
Hajafika bado.
They have not arrived yet.
Nataka kufika kabla ya giza.
I want to arrive before dark.
Wageni wamefika hotelini.
The guests have arrived at the hotel.
Tukifika hotelini, tutapumzika.
When we reach the hotel, we will rest.
