English Explanatory Dictionary

kainga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Maori village.

Word forms

kainga kaingas kaik kaika

Etymology

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

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