kainga
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kainga
Māori
Example Sentences
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He has a very comfortable little kainga, a fenced-in enclosure, wherein are raupo wharès built in the best styles of Maori architecture, with little verandahs in front of them, and curiously carved doors and fronts.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
To blunder on the wrong wharé would only serve to arouse the kainga.
From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.
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 Hay, William Delisle
Reconnoitring the kainga in the light of the risen moon Hugh stealthily approached the palisade surrounding it.
From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.
The next, he took heart again, for there beside him was the hole in the palisade through which he had crept into the kainga an hour before.
From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.
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