kai

/ (kaɪ) /


noun
  1. NZ food

Origin of kai

1
Māori, from Melanesian pidgin kaikai

Words Nearby kai

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How to use kai in a sentence

  • The worst of it is, we kain't start the ball a-rollin' till we get that girl spotted—that's the hell of it!

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Aristoxenus promises to treat of Systems, 'and among them of the perfect System' (peri te tn alln kai tou teleiou).

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • For that is evidently involved in the words that follow: kai hetera men parypatoeidesin, hetera de lichanoeidesin.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • Lyra d soi, n d' eg, kai kithara leipetai, kai kata polin chrsima; kai au kat' agrous tois nomeusi syrinx an tis ei.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • (from the words peri de synecheias kai tou hexs), and again pp. 58-72 Meib.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro