different between kiva vs kina

English

Etymology

From Hopi kíva.

Noun

kiva (plural kivas)

1. A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.

Anagrams

• Vaik, vika

Finnish

(index ki)

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably related to kiivas and kipakka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki??/, [?ki??]
• Rhymes: -i??
• Syllabification: ki?va

Adjective

kiva (comparative kivempi or kivampi, superlative kivoin or kivin)

1. (colloquial) nice

   kiva ihminen — nice person

2. (colloquial) fun, neat

   Se oli kivaa! — It was fun!

Declension

Derived terms

• kivasti

Anagrams

• vika

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Finnish kiva.

Adjective

kiva (comparative mer kiva, superlative mest kiva)

1. (Finland, colloquial) fun, nice

Usage notes

Also inflected: kivoga as plural, kivogare as comparative and kivogast as superlative.

Etymology 2

Verb

kiva (present kivar, preterite kivade, supine kivat, imperative kiva)

1. to quarrel

Conjugation

Anagrams

• vika

English

Etymology 1

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”)

Noun

kina (plural kinas or kina)

1. The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Etymology 2

Maori kina

Noun

kina (plural kinas)

1. Evechinus chloroticus, a sea urchin endemic to New Zealand.

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kian, Naik, akin, kain, naik

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ì?ná/

Noun

kina (Kana spelling ??)

1. grass

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?na]
• Rhymes: -?na
• Hyphenation: ki?na
• Homophone: kyna

Noun

kina

1. inflection of kino:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• inka, Inka
• nika

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kina/
• Hyphenation: kin?a
• Rhymes: -ina

Adjective

kina (accusative singular kinan, plural kinaj, accusative plural kinajn)

1. cinematic

Fijian

Adverb

kina

1. therein, herein
2. because of, for the sake of, thereby, hereby, herewith
3. therefore (at the end of a statement or sentence, preceded by o koya o qo)

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kin?/, [?kin?]
• Rhymes: -in?
• Syllabification: ki?na

Noun

kina

1. squabble

Declension

Derived terms

• kinata

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kain, inka, kani

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kina, from Proto-Eskimo *ki-na.

Pronoun

kina

1. who

Usage notes

This word will cause indicative intonation in the sentence it is used, but not if used in isolation.

References

Inuktitut

Pronoun

kina (syllabics ??)

1. (interrogative) who (in a question)

Karitiâna

Noun

kina

1. mammal

Maori

Noun

kina

1. sea urchin

Paiwan

Etymology

Noun

kina

1. mother (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Synonyms

• ina

Quechua

Noun

kina

1. Cinchona bark

Declension

Descendants

• English: quinine
• Spanish: quina

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kina (ki-vi class, plural vina)

1. depth (vertical distance below a surface)
2. rhyme

Verb

kina

1. ki-vi class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

Tok Pisin

Noun

kina

1. kina
2. a kind of seashell