ʻāina
See also: aina, Aina, and ʻaina
English
Etymology
Hawaiian ʻāina
Noun
ʻāina (uncountable)
- 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, 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.
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Hawaiian
Etymology
Likely cognate to Maori kāinga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaːi̯.na/, [ˈʔaːjnə]
Noun
ʻāina
- 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