kāinga

Maori

Etymology 1

From kā (“burn”) +‎ -inga.

Noun

kāinga

  1. the burning (of a fire)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa (“place of residence, home”). Cognate with Hawaiian ʻāina (“land, earth”).

Noun

kāinga

  1. a place of residence or habitation
  2. an unfortified place of residence or village (in contrast to a pā, which is fortified)
  3. a country
  4. home

References

  • “kāinga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KAAIGA.A”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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