adj
Meaning 1
Good, best.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Phrase guide
da kine
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/dɑˈkaɪn/
noun
Meaning 2
That; it; that thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hawaii
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noun
Meaning 3
The kind of thing we're discussing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hawaii
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History
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).