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kane

nouncommon in dialogue

A Polynesian or Maori man.

noun

  1. 1

    A Polynesian or Maori man.

    I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori kāne (“man”).

Forms

plural
kanes
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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).