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▪ I. kina, n.1 N.Z.|ˈkiːnə|
[Maori.]
An edible sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus.
1960N. Hilliard Maori Girl ii. xiii. 153 Netta took the tongues from the kinas and put them into a dish with vinegar. 1968Landfall XXII. 19 Green kina shells looking coppery. 1978P. Grace Mutuwhenua ix. 59 Then diving, and pulling the kina from the bottom of the lagoon, turning and kicking for the surface.
▪ II. kina
= china3, cinchona bark: cf. quina.
1706Phillips, Kina, the Jesuits Bark.
▪ III. ‖ kina, n.2|ˈkiːnə|
Also Kina. Plural unchanged.
[a. Tolai, lit. ‘clam, oyster, mussel’ (sometimes used as currency).]
A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to one hundred toea, introduced in 1975.
[1971F. Mihalic Jacaranda Dict. Melanesian Pidgin 110 Kina,..the goldlip or large mother-of-pearl shell, which in the Highlands is the ‘bullion’ representing the price of brides, pigs, etc.] 1974Pacific Islands Monthly Apr. 1/2 Papua New Guinea's new currency will be known as Kina and Toea. Kina is a word from the pidgin languages spoken mainly by New Guineans. Toea is from Motu, the common language of Papua. Both designations refer to types of shell money used before the arrival of Europeans in PNG. 1975Telegraph (Brisbane) 29 Apr. 23 It's getting hard to convince some Papua New Guineans that the country's new dollar equivalent, the kina, is only money after all. 1978Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 15 (Advt.), Salary (payable in Kina) will be negotiated in a range equivalent to {pstlg}12,000–{pstlg}14,000. 1987Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 4 Jan. 46/2 Because the PNG kina is worth more than the Australian dollar, the four stamps will cost Australian collectors $2.82. |