Spices and cinchona were also diligently cultivated under official supervision, and the lives of many explorers were lost in search of the precious kina-tree, until Java, after years of strenuous toil, now produces one-half of that quinine supply which proves the indispensable safeguard of European existence on tropic soil.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
Eu ki, kina, that, this, he, she, it; Dak ki, his, her, its, etc.
"The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages"
Andrew Woods Williamson