kainga

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maori kāinga.

Noun[edit]

kainga (plural kaingas)

  1. A Maori village.
    • 1904, Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives..., New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 62:
      When I write that scores of houses have been burnt, whole villages renovated, kaingas fenced in, poakas and dogs fenced out […]

Anagrams[edit]

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kai (“eat”) +‎ -nga.

Noun[edit]

kainga

  1. The refuse of a meal.

Verb[edit]

kainga

  1. To be consumed; passive form of kai

Rapa Nui[edit]

Noun[edit]

kainga

  1. Earth
  2. world
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