How do you use Kanaka in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Kanaka meaning
- A person of Hawaiian descent.
- A South Pacific Islander, especially a labourer in Australia or Canada.
Using Kanaka
- The main meaning on this page is: A person of Hawaiian descent. | A South Pacific Islander, especially a labourer in Australia or Canada.
- In the example corpus, kanaka often appears in combinations such as: kanaka maoli, kanaka durga, goddess kanaka.
Context around Kanaka
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kanaka
- In this selection, "kanaka" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, goddess, urgency, especially, maoli, durga and bar stand out and add context to how "kanaka" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advocate rocky kanaka achieves his and and the kanaka bar indian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kanaka" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kanaka
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
YouTuber rescue advocate Rocky Kanaka achieves his goal to get more than. (12 words)
As Kanaka Maoli we have lived a lifestyle of stewardship to the land. (13 words)
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Vijayawada and visited the famous Kanaka Durga temple. (14 words)
Special pujas will be performed at Goddess Kanaka Mahalakshmi temple at Burujupeta in One Town area here, during the month of Sravana, starting from August 5 to September 3, according to a statement issued by the temple authorities on Sunday. (40 words)
Earlier this week, Kanaka Durga, one of two women who scripted history by entering and offering prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine earlier this month, was allegedly attacked by her mother-in-law at home. (35 words)
The volume of potential engagement opportunities makes it nearly impossible to support the robust and meaningful citizen engagement that many, especially Kanaka Maoli, have fought for over the last several decades. (31 words)
Example sentences (16)
Both Chawathil First Nation and the Kanaka Bar Indian Band recently received some good news in the form of grants to help with food security for their members.
Current evacuations/updates: Evacuation orders continue to be in effect within the Fraser Valley Regional District, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Lytton First Nation and Kanaka Bar Indian Band.
Williams mirrors this same sense of urgency — “Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiians) have been organizing around this for 10 plus years — nobody will stop.
Special pujas will be performed at Goddess Kanaka Mahalakshmi temple at Burujupeta in One Town area here, during the month of Sravana, starting from August 5 to September 3, according to a statement issued by the temple authorities on Sunday.
The county’s brief denies the lawsuit’s allegation that Mwarey was in the bicycle lane on his skateboard and was struck “suddenly and without warning” by Kanaka‘ole-Ioane.
The programme was aimed to enlighten the devotees, who came for darshan of Goddess Kanaka Durga, on how the fraudsters were trapping the gullible people online.
The volume of potential engagement opportunities makes it nearly impossible to support the robust and meaningful citizen engagement that many, especially Kanaka Maoli, have fought for over the last several decades.
YouTuber rescue advocate Rocky Kanaka achieves his goal to get more than.
As Kanaka Maoli we have lived a lifestyle of stewardship to the land.
But the fact is, the (grand offering), is not offered to the presiding deity Goddess Kanaka Durga in the afternoon at Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam here during Dasara.
Earlier this week, Kanaka Durga, one of two women who scripted history by entering and offering prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine earlier this month, was allegedly attacked by her mother-in-law at home.
Kanaka is admitted to a hospital in Perinthalmanna," Johnson, one of the people who helped her find a safe house told TNM.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Vijayawada and visited the famous Kanaka Durga temple.
Purple Prize projects are forces for sustainability and systems-change and are the foundation of a local technology sector rooted in Kanaka Maoli values.
The concept of aloha has a deeper meaning, which many Kanaka Maoli — Native Hawaiians — say is an alternative to the pursuit of war.
At the other west Kaua i school, Kula Aupuni Ni ihau a Kahelelani Aloha (KANAKA), English is used in all grades, while still supporting the Ni ihau dialect.
Common combinations with kanaka
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: