da kine
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Hawaiian Pidgin [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /daˈkaɪn/
Adjective [edit]
da kine
Noun [edit]
da kine
- (slang) that; it; that thing.
- (slang) the kind of thing we're discussing (a shibboleth)
Usage notes [edit]
In Hawaiian pidgin, da kine is used generally to mean almost anything, particularly when referring to a thing whose name is not known or whose name does not come immediately to mind.
References [edit]
- da kine/da kind, in Dictionary of American Regional English: Introduction and A-C, By Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall, Contributor Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Edition 6, (Harvard University Press, 1985), ISBN 9780674205116.
