English Explanatory Dictionary

kanaka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person of Hawaiian descent.
  2. A South Pacific Islander, especially a labourer in Australia or Canada.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of kanaka.

Word forms

kanaka kanakas

Etymology

1840. From Hawaiian kanaka (“person”), ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *taŋata.

Related words

Canaque Canuck Kanak Kanake
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