A fork of Rural Dictionary
Local Hawaiian "pidgin", short for kind; used in virtuallyl any sentance to mean virtually anything. The examples bellow are given in local "pidgin." They are not typos, rather this is actually how people talk in Hawaii.
"I like try eat small kine grinds." = I want something small to eat.
"Which kine board you like use?" = What kind of board do you want to use?
note: "kine" is most often used in conjunction with "da'" (the) -- see following:
person A: "What you do today, brah?"
person B: "'eh... da' kine, work. I never once have time go surfing."
A word derived from Hawaiian pidgeon meaning "the one" and also used to substitute a noun, to explain a degree of somthing, or when you just wen fo'get da name of somebody.
Sub. for "the one": This pakalolo is da kine!
Noun: I left my keys on da kine...(table)
Degree: Theres small kine waves today.
Sub. for a person's name: Where is da kine...Your braddah?
Kine is a hawaiian words that translates to "the one". It is used to express like or show praise towards something or someone. The term has been popularized in the continental United States in reference to potent Cannabis.