kai
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Maori
[edit] Noun
kai (uncountable)
- (New Zealand, informal) food
- 1995, Graeme Williams, The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ
- Actually, I'm not sure I like these new hangis using the foil, it tends to stop the juices getting through to the stones and I reckon the hangi kai is drier to the palate.
- 2003, "RK", Maori TV (on newsgroup nz.general)
- i.e. they'll spend the first four hours enthusiastic as can be, then get bored, want some kai, go down to the local fish and chip shop & bottle store & spend the rest of the episode telling drunken stories of how they used to steal from the "pakeha that owned the store on the corner" and about days spent down at the social welfare office.
- 2003, "Carmen", Is there really a censor in NZ?! (on newsgroup nz.general)
- Got to go now and get some kai.
- 1995, Graeme Williams, The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ
[edit] Estonian
[edit] Noun
kai (genitive kai, partitive kaid)
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Declension of kai (type koi)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kai | kaid |
| genitive | kai | kaide |
| partitive | kaid | kaisid |
| illative | kaisse | kaidesse |
| inessive | kais | kaides |
| elative | kaist | kaidest |
| allative | kaile | kaidele |
| adessive | kail | kaidel |
| ablative | kailt | kaidelt |
| translative | kaiks | kaideks |
| terminative | kaini | kaideni |
| essive | kaina | kaidena |
| abessive | kaita | kaideta |
| comitative | kaiga | kaidega |
[edit] Finnish
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kai
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[edit] Hawaiian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic (compare Indonesian tasik (“lake”), Chamorro tasi (“sea”), Fijian and Maori tai).
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kai
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[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
kai (hiragana かい)
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kai (hiragana かい)
- かい: (familiar) marks a non-rhetorical question, which expects a 'yes' or a 'no' answer, a variant of question particle か (“ka”)
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kai
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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
[edit] Maori
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kai (compare Hawaiian ʻai), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaen (compare Fijian kana, Indonesian and Malay makan), from Proto-Oceanic (compare Tagalog kain).
[edit] Noun
kai
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[edit] Verb
kai (used in the form kai-nga)
- to eat
[edit] Norwegian
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kai
[edit] Rapa Nui
[edit] Etymology
Compare Maori kai.
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kai
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kai
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kai
[edit] Tok Pisin
[edit] Verb
kai
- (transitive) to eat
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kai
[edit] Tuvaluan
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kai
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