kainga

See also: kāinga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kāinga, probably from (to burn, be alight) + -nga (deverbal noun suffix).

Noun

kainga (plural kaingas)

  1. (New Zealand, now chiefly historical) A Maori village. [from 19th c.]
    • 1904, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives..., New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 62:
      When I write that scores of houses have been burnt, whole villages renovated, kaingas fenced in, poakas and dogs fenced out []
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 235:
      He's not on the first beach round from the kaika.

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Maori

Etymology

From kai (eat) +‎ -nga.

Noun

kainga

  1. The refuse of a meal.

Verb

kainga

  1. To be consumed; passive form of kai

Rapa Nui

Noun

kainga

  1. Earth
  2. world