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da kine

/dɑˈkaɪn/

da kine adjective: good, best.

Adjective

da kine (not comparable)

  1. Good, best.

Noun

da kine

  1. (Hawaii) That; it; that thing.
  2. (Hawaii) The kind of thing we're discussing.

Forms of da kine

alternative formda kind
alternative formda'kine
alternative formdakine

Origin of da kine

From Hawaiian Creole da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind).

Questions about da kine

What does da kine mean?
Da kine means good, best.
What part of speech is da kine?
Da kine can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce da kine?
Da kine is pronounced /dɑˈkaɪn/.

Words near da kine in the dictionary

  1. da das
  2. da fuq
  3. da hurr
  4. Da Jiu Festival
  5. da kind
  6. da kine
  7. da man
  8. Da Nang
  9. Da Qaidam
  10. da Vinci
  11. da Vincian

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