da kine
See also: dakine
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Hawaiian Pidgin English da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
da kine (not comparable)
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
Hawaiian Creole edit
Adjective edit
Noun edit
- that thing, whatchamacallit, thingamajigger
- Try pass me da kine.
- Pass over the thingamajigger.
Usage notes edit
- Can be used to refer to any unspecified object or idea.