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kainga

Bingham

káingaa

vt. to stir up, to encourage, to provoke to effort.
to lift up, to raise.

kaáinga

n. an ancestral residence or abode.
vt. to occupy for a residence.

Sabatier

kainga

n. a place of residence, ancestral home.
vt. kaingana: to take up one's abode at.
v. kare kainga: to visit homes of others as pastime.