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kina

Bingham

kínaa

vt. to recognize, to know.

kína

va. nicked, marred, defaced.

Sabatier

kina

n. a scratch, a mark, a stain (on skin or elsewhere).
kinatoa (kina-toa) mark in relief.
a. having marks or stains.
vc. ka-kina, kakinakina: to cause, to provoke, to mark, to put a sign, or an indication, on...

kina1

vt. to know, to recognize.
a. kinaki: known, recognized.