kina
noun
ki·na ˈkē-nə 
plural kina
the basic monetary unit of Papua New Guinea see Money Table
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Instead, the project’s partners paid less than a quarter of that (about 495 million kina) in taxes, royalties, dividends and other payments in 2016. 
Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019 Her bilum pieces sometimes address the legacy of colonialism or incorporate kina shells, which represent money. Jenna Sauers, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2019 By September 2017, more than three years after exports started, royalties received by the government totaled 150 million kina, the World Bank said. Perry Williams, Bloomberg.com, 27 Feb. 2018
Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019 Her bilum pieces sometimes address the legacy of colonialism or incorporate kina shells, which represent money. Jenna Sauers, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2019 By September 2017, more than three years after exports started, royalties received by the government totaled 150 million kina, the World Bank said. Perry Williams, Bloomberg.com, 27 Feb. 2018 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Guinea Pidgin, literally, "gold lip (kind of oyster shell used as currency)," borrowed from Tolai (Austronesian language of the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain)
First Known Use
1974, in the meaning defined above
- mechanicalize
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- mechanicals
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- mechanics
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- mechanistic
- mechanistically