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单词 kina
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kinan.1

Brit. /ˈkɪnə/, /ˈkiːnə/, U.S. /ˈkɪnə/, /ˈkinə/, New Zealand English /ˈkinʌ/, /ˈkɪnə/, /ˈkiːnə/
Etymology: Maori.
New Zealand.
An edible sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus.
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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

Brit. /ˈkiːnə/, U.S. /ˈkinə/
Forms: Also Kina. Plural unchanged.
Etymology: < Tolai, lit. ‘clam, oyster, mussel’ (sometimes used as currency).
A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to one hundred toea, introduced in 1975.
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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).
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