kāinga

== Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaːiŋa/ [ˈkɑːiŋɐ] === Etymology 1 === From kā (“to burn, to be alight”) +‎ -nga (nominalising suffix). ==== Noun ==== kāinga The burning (of a fire). === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa (“place of residence, home”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻāina (“land, earth”). ==== Noun ==== kāinga A place of residence or habitation. An unfortified place of residence or village (in contrast to a pā, which is fortified). A country. A home. === References === John C. Moorfield (2011), “kāinga”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KAAIGA.A”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9