cain
noun
rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
kane
-
a variation of
cain.
Example Sentences
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“It is meant to reinstate the rightful place that mahu have between kane and wahine,” Wong-Kalu said, using the Hawaiian words for man and woman.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Ninau mai la ke kupunawahine, "Ua makemake oe i ko kane?"
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith
He was to be given as the kane to Hell, which shows a distinction between the beliefs in hell and in the place of fairies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Kilmarnock lang may grunt an’ grane, An’ sigh, an’ sob, an’ greet her lane, An’ cleed her bairns, man, wife, an wean, In mourning weed; To death, she’s dearly paid the kane, Tam Samson’s dead!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Thare iz three chairs, kane setters, one iz a rocker, and all three are busted.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
