kina

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”).

kina (plural kinas or kina)

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

Maori kina

kina (plural kinas)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kʲìꜛná/

kina (Kana spelling キナ)

1. grass

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

kina

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

• inka, Inka
• nika

cf. Ojibwe akina

kina

1. every

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

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

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

1. cinematic

• IPA^(key): /ki.na/

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)

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

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

kina

1. squabble

• kinata

• Akin, Inka, Kain, inka, kani

• Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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

kina

1. who

This word will cause indicative intonation in the sentence it is used, but not if used in isolation.[1]

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

From Quechua kina.

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

1. (botany, pharmacy) cinchona bark.

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

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.

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

kina (syllabics ᑭᓇ)

1. (interrogative) who (in a question)

kina

1. mammal

kina

1. sea urchin

cf. Ojibwe akina

kina

1. every

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

kina

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

• ina

kina

1. Cinchona bark

• English: quinine
• Spanish: quina

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya kine.

kina

1. stone

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

• Audio (Kenya)

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kina (ki-vi class, plural vina)

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

kina

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

• kana, kila, kinda, kanila

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

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.

• This is used where there is more than one addressee, as a simpler way of saying kay [1st referrent] … at kay [last referrent] (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 Un specific).

kina

1. kina
2. a kind of seashell