da kine

Hawaiian Pidgin word for anything at anytime. It's generally used when you don't know the term of something or you're too lazy to say its name.

It's kind of like "whatchamacallit" or "thingy majigger".

Kawika: You got da kine? (Do you have the thing?)
Jerry: You mean da kine? (You mean that thing?)
Kawika: Yeah, da kine! (Yeah, that thing!)
Jerry: Oh, da kine! Yeah, I got da kine. (Oh, that thing. Yeah, I got the thing.)

by suzukihmj October 1, 2020

da kine

word originated in hawaii.
typically meaning anything that you are talking about at the moment

"go get the da kine over dere"
"aw howcome you so da kine today"

by damaged September 20, 2004

Da kine

A pidgin word denoting anything that you can't really think of at the moment.

1) Da kine is da kine, and dat's da kine.

2) Auntie wen crack me wit da kine, brah.

by Mono May 2, 2005

Small kine

"small kine" is pidgeon English. It's Hawaiian slang for saying "a little bit" or "to a small degree".

If someone can't hear you well over the phone, but can pick up what you're saying, they'd say, "I can hear you small kine." (i.e., I can hear you a little bit.)

by Hibiscus_shaka March 6, 2012

Any Kine

Pidgin english spoken in Hawaii- "anyhow, anyway"

Kimo when try fo make any kine wit my cheeck last nite!!!

by JLiRD March 4, 2007

da kine

Used to represent 'It' in the Hawaiian Islands.

Eh, Can you hand me da kine (food)?

by Hawaiians January 18, 2003

da kine

Da Kine is the name of the business owned by "Dog: The bounty hunter"

If you are wanted, dont answer any calls on ya caller ID from 'Da Kine Bail Bonds'

by anrkey102 May 13, 2005