Definition of kainga in English:

kainga

noun kɑːˈɪŋə

Maori.

单词	kainga
释义	Definition of kainga in English: kainga noun kɑːˈɪŋə NZ A Maori village or settlement. 〈新西兰〉毛利人村庄；毛利人聚居地 Example sentencesExamples The kainga encompass all blood relatives and can include people other than blood relations. He came down to the frightened passengers and told them to make use of any of the houses in his kainga and assured them they were among friends. They are not just stuck in their little kainga, wearing their piupiu. Even though Te Whiti died in 1907, his spirit of peace is still alive at the slowly reviving kainga - and way beyond. A kainga consists of relatives living in different households in the same village or in several villages. ‘It was quite clear that it was an extraordinary thing,’ he says of the Taranaki kainga led by pacifist prophets Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi. Synonyms community, colony, outpost, encampment Origin Maori.
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