kamaaina

American  

[kah-muh-ahy-nuh] / ˌkɑ məˈaɪ nə /

Or kama'aina

noun

1. a longtime resident of Hawaii.

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Etymology

Origin of kamaaina

First recorded in 1900–05; from Hawaiian kamaʿāina “native born,” equivalent to kama “child, person” + ʿāina “land, earth”

Example Sentences

Ia Hauailiki e hee la i ka nalu, uwa ka pihe a na kamaaina, a me na kaikuahine o Aiwohikupua: Heaha la ia ia Laieikawai?

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

"He mea hiki ole ia makou ke hele aku," wahi a Laieikawai, "he pono e nana aku i ka na kamaaina heenalu ana."

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Hele aku la lakou a noho ma Puakea, a no kahi heenalu malaila, noloila, ia lakou malaila e makaikai ana i ka heenalu ana a na kamaaina, ua nanea loa lakou malaila.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

I aku keia, "He kamaaina no ko makou mea nana i alakai mai, oia hoi kela wahi kanaka nana i olelo mai ia oe no Kauakahialii."

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

In other words, or, rather, in the potent Islands-word, they were kamaaina.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack