Meanings
- uncountableland in a Hawaiian cultural context.
The genealogical kinship we share with the ʻāina and the lani.
2016 June 3, Brandy Nalani McDougall, Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 952 more examples
There is that polynesian concept of "aina" which is, at least for me, concept of "Blut and Boden" on steroids.
2000 August 3, S. Kolarich, “Question: How to ̼effectivly ^([sic]) fight against Pacific Apartheid?”, in soc.culture.pacific-island (Usenet)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.
2014, James H. Cox, James Howard Cox, Daniel Heath Justice, The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature, Oxford Handbooks, →ISBN, page 103
Origin
- Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa
- Hawaiianʻāina
- Englishʻāina
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻāina. Doublet of kainga.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
ʻāina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%CA%BB%C4%81ina
“ʻāina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%CA%BB%C4%81ina. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ʻāina,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%CA%BB%C4%81ina.
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