kāinga

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːiŋa/ [ˈkɑːiŋɐ]

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. A 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