kina
- n the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea
- In Buka, a one-kina banana-boat ride north across the Buka passage, hotels are being built, a bank has opened and tourist resorts are on the drawing board.
- The singing on the first night (again Atlantov, Mazurok and Milash-kina) was excellent, but here, as on sev eral other occasions, the real stars were Conductor Yuri Simonov, 34 .
- Carry some cash Always have about 50 kina ($15) on you that way, if you're stopped by a raskol, you've got something to pacify him with.