kina

English

Etymology 1

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”).

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

kina

Wikipedia

kina (plural kinas or kina)

1. The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Etymology 2

Maori kina

Noun

kina (plural kinas)

1. Evechinus chloroticus, a sea urchin endemic to New Zealand.

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kian, Naik, akin, kain, naik

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲìꜛná/

Noun

kina (Kana spelling キナ)

1. grass

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɪna
• Hyphenation: ki‧na
• Homophone: kyna

Noun

kina

1. inflection of kino:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• inka, Inka
• nika

Eastern Ojibwa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe akina

Adverb

kina

1. every

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 126

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: kin‧a

Adjective

kina (accusative singular kinan, plural kinaj, accusative plural kinajn)

1. cinematic

Fijian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.na/

Adverb

kina

1. therein, herein
2. because of, for the sake of, thereby, hereby, herewith
3. therefore (at the end of a statement or sentence, preceded by o koya o qo)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinɑ/,
• Rhymes: -inɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧na

Etymology 1

Unknown. According to Jalo Kalima, possibly a Baltic loanword, compare Lithuanian ginčas.

Noun

kina

1. squabble

Declension

Derived terms

• kinata

References

Further reading

• “1. kina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-08-10

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

kina

1. (dialectal) slime, drool
2. Synonym of lapsenkina

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “2. kina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-08-10

Etymology 3

From Tolai kina.

Noun

kina

1. kina (currency)

Declension

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kain, inka, kani

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kina, from Proto-Eskimo *ki-na.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kina/,

Pronoun

kina

1. who

Usage notes

This word will cause indicative intonation in the sentence it is used, but not if used in isolation.

References

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kina

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: ki‧na

Etymology 1

From Quechua kina.

Noun

kina (first-person possessive kinaku, second-person possessive kinamu, third-person possessive kinanya)

1. (botany, pharmacy) cinchona bark.

Etymology 2

From English kina, from Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”).

Noun

kina (first-person possessive kinaku, second-person possessive kinamu, third-person possessive kinanya)

1. kina: the national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Further reading

• “kina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Inuktitut

Pronoun

kina (syllabics ᑭᓇ)

1. (interrogative) who (in a question)

Karitiâna

Noun

kina

1. mammal

Kituba

Verb

kina

1. to dance

Maori

Noun

kina

1. sea urchin

Ottawa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe akina

Adverb

kina

1. every

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 126

Paiwan

Etymology

Noun

kina

1. mother (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Synonyms

• ina

Quechua

Noun

kina

1. Cinchona bark

Declension

Descendants

• English: quinine
• Spanish: quina

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya kine.

Noun

kina

1. stone

References

• Manuale di Sidamo by M. M. Moreno (Mondadori Milano 1940)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

kina (ki-vi class, plural vina)

1. depth (vertical distance below a surface)
2. rhyme

Verb

kina

1. ki-vi class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈna/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ki‧na

Preposition

kiná (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ)

1. Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns

   Ang awiting ito ay para kina papa at mama.

   This song is for (my) father and (my) mother.

Usage notes

• This is used where there is more than one addressee, as a simpler way of saying kay … at kay (e.g. kina Pedro at Juan).
• Where it precedes one name, this refers to the person and others surrounding them (e.g. Kina Pedro refers to Pedro and anyone other around him, usually unspecified).

Alternative forms

• kana, kila, kinda, kanila

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish quina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkina/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ki‧na

Noun

kina (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ)

1. cinchona

   Synonym: singkona

Alternative forms

• kino

See also

Tok Pisin

Noun

kina

1. kina
2. a kind of seashell