kainga

See also: kāinga

English

Alternative forms

• kaik, kaika

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kāinga, probably from kā (“to burn, be alight”) + -nga (“deverbal noun suffix”).

Noun

kainga (plural kaingas)

1. (New Zealand, now chiefly historical) A Maori village. [from 19th c.]
   • 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 […]

   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 235:

     He's not on the first beach round from the kaika.

Anagrams

• Angika, kanagi

Maori

Etymology

From kai (“eat”) +‎ -nga.

Noun

kainga

1. The refuse of a meal.

Verb

kainga

1. To be consumed; passive form of kai

Rapa Nui

Noun

kainga

1. Earth
2. world