kainga
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kainga
Māori
Example Sentences
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Only just in time, however, for the next instant the moonlit slope beneath the kainga was alive with Maoris—men, women, and children—shouting and rushing about in a state of tremendous excitement.
From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett
Twenty years ago a hapu, in number just forty persons, removed their kainga from a dry healthy position to the edge of a raupo swamp.
From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'
Reconnoitring the kainga in the light of the risen moon Hugh stealthily approached the palisade surrounding it.
From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett
Tanoa is a large kainga on the Otamatea river, and lies about sixteen miles across the bush from our farm, or somewhat more by the water-road.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
The two young men, following this track at a run, found that it brought them, at the end of a mile or so, to the chief kainga, or village, of the Aohanga Maoris.
From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett
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