rica

rica

1. feminine singular of ricu

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈri.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ka/

rica f sg

1. feminine singular of ric

rica

1. feminine singular of rico

From Manado Malay rica (“chili pepper”) and North Moluccan Malay rica, from Ternate rica, itself from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Doublet of merica.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrit͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: ri‧ca

rica (plural rica-rica, first-person possessive ricaku, second-person possessive ricamu, third-person possessive ricanya)

1. chili pepper

   Synonyms: cabai, cili, lada, lombok

• “rica” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Italic *wreikā, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, weave, bind”). Cognate with English wry, German reihen (“to crimp”) and Ancient Greek ῥοικός (rhoikós, “bent, curved”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ka/, [ˈriːkä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ka/, [ˈriːkä]

rīca f (genitive rīcae); first declension

1. veil

First-declension noun.

• “rica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “rica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From North Moluccan Malay rica (“chili pepper”), from Ternate rica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica).

rica

1. chili pepper

• → Indonesian: rica

rica f (plural rriche)

1. line

rica

1. feminine singular of rico

• IPA^(key): /ˈrika/ [ˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ri‧ca

rica f (plural ricas)

1. (Rioja) fenugreek

rica

1. feminine singular of rico

• “rica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Likely from an older, unattested form *marica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). The initial ma was likely reinterpreted as the possessive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾi.t͡ʃa/

rica

1. the chili pepper

• → North Moluccan Malay: rica
  • Manado Malay: rica
    • → Indonesian: rica

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Ottoman Turkish رجا‎ (rica), from Arabic رَجَاء‎ (rajāʔ).

rica (definite accusative ricayı, plural ricalar)

1. request

• rica ederim

rica f sg

1. feminine singular of rico