Da Kine - Wiktionary

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See also: dakine

English

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Alternative forms

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  • da kind, da'kine, dakine

Etymology

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From Hawaiian Creole da (the definite article, from English the) +‎ kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɑˈkaɪn/

Adjective

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da kine (not comparable)

  1. Good, best.

Noun

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da kine

  1. (Hawaii) That; it; that thing.
  2. (Hawaii) The kind of thing we're discussing.

Usage notes

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In HCE (Hawaiian Creole English), da kine is used generally to mean almost anything, particularly when referring to a thing whose name is not known or whose name does not come immediately to mind.

References

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  • da kine/da kind, in Dictionary of American Regional English: Introduction and A-C, By Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall, Contributor Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Edition 6, (Harvard University Press, 1985), →ISBN.

Anagrams

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  • Deakin, kedani, Kaiden, Kidane, dankie

Hawaiian Creole

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Adjective

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da kine

  1. good, best, great Ho, deez grindz a’ da kine, yeah?Wow, these are really good, yeah?

Noun

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da kine

  1. that thing, whatchamacallit, thingamajigger Try pass me da kine.Pass over the thingamajigger.

Usage notes

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  • Can be used to refer to any unspecified object or idea.

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