ʻāina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aina"

English

Etymology

Hawaiian ʻāina

Noun

ʻāina (uncountable)

1. land in a Hawaiian cultural context.
   • 2000 August 3, S. Kolarich, “Question: How to ̼effectivly ^[sic] fight against Pacific Apartheid?”, in soc.culture.pacific-island‎^[1] (Usenet):

     There is that polynesian concept of "aina" which is, at least for me, concept of "Blut and Boden" on steroids.

   • 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

Etymology

Likely cognate to Maori kāinga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːi.na/, [ˈʔaːi.nə]

Noun

ʻāina

1. land (earth; country; real estate)

Derived terms

• ʻĀina Hau (“Iceland”)

Further reading

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻāina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN