kainga

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

and Kaika, n.


now generally kaik, and pronounced kike, a Maori settlement,village. Kainga is used in the North, and is theoriginal form; Kaika is the South Island use. It is thevillage for dwelling; the pa is for fighting in.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(Church Missionary Society), p. 157:

«Kainga. A place of residence, a home,» etc.

1873. Lt. – Colonel St. John, `Pakeha Rambles through MaoriLands,' p. 164 [Heading of Chapter x.]:

«How we live in our kainga.»

1896. `Otago Witness,' Jan. 23, p. 50, col. 5:

«A cosy-looking kainga located on the bank of a picturesquebend of the river.»

Ibid. p. 52, col. 1:

«We steamed on slowly towards Tawhitinui, a small kaingaor kaik, as it is called in the South island.»

1884. `Maoriland,' p. 84:

«The drive may be continued from Portobello to the Maori kaik.»