单词 | kina |
释义 | kinan.1 New Zealand. An edible sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > member of (sea-urchin) echinusc1374 urchin fish1566 ruffe1591 sea-hedgehog1598 urchin1601 sea urchin1605 sea-bear1611 sea-chestnut1613 sea-thistle1661 sea-apple1666 sea-egg1666 button-fish1668 sea-button1668 urchin-worm1668 whore's egg1674 sea-shilling1713 echinite1750 echinid1835 pancake1843 echinoid1864 oursin1914 kina1960 1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl ii. xiii. 153 Netta took the tongues from the kinas and put them into a dish with vinegar. 1968 Landfall 22 19 Green kina shells looking coppery. 1978 P. Grace Mutuwhenua ix. 59 Then diving, and pulling the kina from the bottom of the lagoon, turning and kicking for the surface. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kinan.2 A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to one hundred toea, introduced in 1975. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Oceanic piastre1844 rupiah1914 pataca1928 kip1955 riel1956 kina1974 toea1974 1971 F. 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.] 1974 Pacific 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. 1975 Telegraph (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. 1978 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 15 (advt.) Salary (payable in Kina) will be negotiated in a range equivalent to £12,000–£14,000. 1987 Sunday 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11960n.21974 |
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