English
kainga
Kainga comes from Māori kāinga ‘a place of residence or habitation’, and goes back to Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa.
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kaaiŋareconstructed
- Māorimodernkāinga‘a place of residence or habitation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1904kainga
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kaaiŋareconstructed
- Māorimodernkāinga‘a place of residence or habitation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1904kainga
Earliest quotation: 1904, Appendix to the Journals of the House of, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives: “When I write that scores of houses have been…”
Every English word from Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa
Today it means
noun A Maori village.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa / kainga