"da kine" meaning in English

See da kine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɑˈkaɪn/ Forms: da kind [alternative], da'kine [alternative], dakine [alternative]
Etymology: From Hawaiian Creole da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hwc|-}} Hawaiian Creole, {{m+|en|the}} English the, {{m+|en|kind}} English kind, {{af|hwc|da|kine|nocat=1|pos1=the definite article, from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">the</i>|pos2=used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">kind</i>}} da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} da kine (not comparable)
  1. Good, best. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-da_kine-en-adj--6RZfekt

Noun

IPA: /dɑˈkaɪn/ Forms: da kind [alternative], da'kine [alternative], dakine [alternative]
Etymology: From Hawaiian Creole da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hwc|-}} Hawaiian Creole, {{m+|en|the}} English the, {{m+|en|kind}} English kind, {{af|hwc|da|kine|nocat=1|pos1=the definite article, from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">the</i>|pos2=used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">kind</i>}} da (the definite article, from English the) + kine (used as an intensifier, to mean "type of", and many other purposes, from English kind) Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} da kine
  1. (Hawaii) That; it; that thing. Tags: Hawaii
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  2. (Hawaii) The kind of thing we're discussing. Tags: Hawaii
    Sense id: en-da_kine-en-noun-a6P3822O Categories (other): Hawaiian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 3 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 4 48 0 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 2 48 0 41

Alternative forms

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