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kāinga

1. (noun) home, address, residence, village, settlement, habitation, habitat, dwelling.

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Synonyms: kāenga, whare, noninga kumu, whakanoho, whakatatū, whakatau, whakaritenga, whakatutukitanga

kainga

1. (noun) leftovers (of a meal).

kainga

1. (noun) field of operation, scope of work.

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kuha kāinga

1. (noun) remnants of a house, shanty.

kāinga taupua

1. (noun) hostel.

papa kāinga

1. (noun) original home, home base, village, communal Māori land - sometimes written as one word, papakāinga.

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wā kāinga

1. (noun) distant home, true home, home, home base - sometimes written as one word, i.e. wākāinga.

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iwi kāinga

1. (noun) local people, hosts, home crowd.

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Synonyms: tangata whenua, haukāinga

kāinga kore

1. (modifier) homeless, lacking a home.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 55, 89-90;)

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kāinga tipu

1. ancestral home.

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hau kāinga

1. (noun) home, true home, local people of a marae, home people.

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kainga waewae

1. (noun) place where one spends much of their time, stamping ground, haunt.

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kāinga kanohi

1. (noun) part that is seen, facade, frontage, view.

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mahi kāinga

1. (noun) homework.

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pātuhi kāinga

1. (noun) home key.

kāinga taupua

1. (noun) temporary abode, temporary accommodation, makeshift settlement, camping ground.

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kāinga tupu

1. (noun) ancestral home, homeland.

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See also kāinga tipu

kāinga noho

1. (noun) address, place where one lives.

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Ka mate kāinga tahi ka ora kāinga rua

1. Always have a plan B.

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tūroro noho kāinga

1. (noun) outpatient.

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