kainga
See also: kāinga
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori kāinga, probably from kā (“to burn, be alight”) + -nga (“deverbal noun suffix”).
Noun
kainga (plural kaingas)
- (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.
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
Noun
kainga
Verb
kainga
Rapa Nui
Noun
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