ᴹQ. kina adj. and pron. “a certain quantity, some, a certain amount, a little (when little is precise and not partitive)” (Category: Pronoun)
An adjective for “some” in the sense “a certain quantity, a certain amount” in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/104). This adjective is used when the thing described is not discrete or countable, as in á anta ni cina nén “give me some water”. It is also used when asking for a portion of a whole thing: á anta ni cina masta “give me some bread”. It can used with a partitive genitive as well: cina malta “some gold” vs. cina malto “some amount of gold”.
References ✧ PE23/104
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| kin- | “a certain amount of (any amount larger than the (very) small)” |
Element In