kaingin
caingin
orcaiñgin
\käˈēŋə̇n\Definition of kaingin
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Philippines
: swidden some lonely farmer hewing out a kaingin in the jungle — Wallace Stegner
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Origin and Etymology of kaingin
Tagalog kaingin
kaingin
caingin
orcaiñgin
Definition of kaingin
Philippines
: employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbrush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer well-known kaingin system which has been enormously destructive of valuable timber — A. L. Kroeber
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