Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

da kine

/dɑˈkaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: da kine
IPA: /dɑˈkaɪn/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

That; it; that thing.

noun

The kind of thing we're discussing.

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).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

da kind (alternative) da'kine (alternative) dakine (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce da kine?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɑˈkaɪn/.
What does da kine mean?: Good, best.
Where does da kine come from?: 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).

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