kaikai

English

Etymology

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Noun

kaikai (uncountable)

1. (Nigeria) Nigerian gin

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages).

Noun

kaikai

1. food
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”

     →New International Version translation

Derived terms

• pikinini bilong kaikai

Verb

kaikai intrans., transitive kaikaim

1. eat
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:16:

     Na God i tokim man olsem, “Yu ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.

     →New International Version translation

Usage notes

This is one of the only Tok Pisin verbs that may take a direct object but does not terminate in -im.

See also

• kai
• kaikaim

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

kaikai

1. food