ʻāina

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English

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Etymology

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From Hawaiian ʻāina.

Noun

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ʻāina (uncountable)

  1. land in a Hawaiian cultural context.
    • 2000 August 3, S. Kolarich, “Question: How to ̼effectivly [sic] fight against Pacific Apartheid?”, in soc.culture.pacific-island[1] (Usenet):
      There is that polynesian concept of "aina" which is, at least for me, concept of "Blut and Boden" on steroids.
    • 2014, James H. Cox, James Howard Cox, Daniel Heath Justice, The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature, Oxford Handbooks, →ISBN, page 103:
      All genres of Hawaiian literature, with the exception of translated works from other languages, reflect our people's close relationship to and deep love for the ʻāina.
    • 2016 June 3, Brandy Nalani McDougall, Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 95:
      The genealogical kinship we share with the ʻāina and the lani.

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Likely cognate to Maori kāinga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaːi̯.na/, [ˈʔaːj.nə]

Noun

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ʻāina

  1. land (earth; country; real estate)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻāina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN