Kalmar "kina" tana da ma'anoni da yawa dangane da mahallin da harshe. Ga wasu ma’anoni ƙamus masu yiwuwa:A Turanci, “kina” jam’i ce ta “kina harsashi,” wato mollusk bivalve mollusk da ake samu a cikin ruwa mai zurfi na Tekun Pacific. An yi amfani da harsashi a matsayin kuɗi a wasu sassan Papua New Guinea da Solomon Islands. kudin kasar Papua New Guinea ne. li>A yaren Finnish, “kina” na nufin husuma, jayayya ko jayayya. A cikin Jafananci, "kina" sunan iyali ne da ke nufin " itace yanzu."