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kainga N.Z.
(kɑːˈɪngə, ‖ kɑːiŋa)
Also (South Island) kaik.
[Maori.]
A place of residence; a settlement, village.
1820Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. (Church Missionary Soc.) 157 Káinga... A place of residence, a home, &c. 1838J. S. Polack New Zealand I. 66 These animals were a disgrace to the kaingá, or village, of which they formed part. 1879[see gum-digging (gum n.2 9)]. 1884Maoriland 84 The drive may be continued from Portobello to the Maori kaik. 1904‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men 56 He had..fallen foul of many native kiangas [sic] where the pakeha was unwelcome. 1905W. B. Where White Man Treads 281 And so to-day: when you see small square potato patches dot the landscape near his kaingas, this meagre husbandry is no sign of improvidential laziness. 1926J. Cowan Trav. N.Z. I. 114 They are places for the artist, these out-of-the-way kaingas. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 49 The Maori just sits in his kaianga and takes what comes to him. 1944Mod. Jun. Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) 229 Kaik, kainga... A Maori village; ‘kaik’ in the South Island only. 1967A. & D. Reid Paddle Wheels on Wanganui 12 The excitement of the riverside Maoris as the ship passed their lonely kaingas. |