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English
Etymology
From Hawaiian Pidgin English da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind).
Pronunciation
Adjective
da kine (not comparable)
- Good, best.
Noun
da kine
- (Hawaii) That; it; that thing.
- (Hawaii) The kind of thing we're discussing.
Usage notes
In HCE (Hawaiian Creole English), da kine is used generally to mean almost anything, particularly when referring to a thing whose name is not known or whose name does not come immediately to mind.
References
- da kine/da kind, in Dictionary of American Regional English: Introduction and A-C, By Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall, Contributor Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Edition 6, (Harvard University Press, 1985), →ISBN.
Anagrams
Hawaiian Creole
Adjective
da kine
- good, best, great
Ho, deez grindz a’ da kine, yeah?- Wow, these are really good, yeah?
Noun
da kine
- that thing, whatchamacallit, thingamajigger
Try pass me da kine.- Pass over the thingamajigger.
Usage notes
- Can be used to refer to any unspecified object or idea.