ʻāina
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aina"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ʻāina (uncountable)
- land in a Hawaiian cultural context.
- 2014, James H. Cox, James Howard Cox, Daniel Heath Justice, The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature, Oxford Handbooks, →ISBN, page 103:
- All genres of Hawaiian literature, with the exception of translated works from other languages, reflect our people's close relationship to and deep love for the ʻāina.
- 2016 June 3, Brandy Nalani McDougall, Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 95:
- The genealogical kinship we share with the ʻāina and the lani.
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely cognate to Maori kāinga.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ʻāina
- land (earth; country; real estate)
Derived terms[edit]
- ʻĀina Hau (“Iceland”)
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with ʻ
- English terms spelled with Ā
- English terms spelled with ◌̄
- English terms with quotations
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns