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kainga

kainga noun: a Maori village.

Noun

kainga (plural kaingas)

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

Forms of kainga

pluralkaingas
alternative formkaik
alternative formkaika

Origin of kainga

Borrowed from Māori kāinga. Doublet of ʻāina.

Questions about kainga

What does kainga mean?
Kainga means a Maori village.
What part of speech is kainga?
Kainga is a noun.
What is the plural of kainga?
The plural of kainga is kaingas.

Words near kainga in the dictionary

  1. Kainei
  2. kainellid
  3. kainellids
  4. kainelliform
  5. Kaines
  6. kainga
  7. Kaingang
  8. Kaingangs
  9. kaingas
  10. kaingin
  11. kainginero

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