kai

/ (kaɪ) /

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Word Origin for kai

Māori, from Melanesian pidgin kaikai

Words nearby kai

Kahn test, Kahoolawe, Kahramanmaraş, Kahului, kahuna, kai, kaiak, kaibab squirrel, Kaieteur, Kaieteur Falls, kaif

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How to use kai in a sentence

Seventeen-year-old Kai Dionne jumps into a half-frozen river to save his dog, Talia, and the 24-hour drama begins.
Book Bag: Gritty Stories From the Real Montana|Carrie La Seur|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The police believe that the Kudo-kai orchestrated these three attacks.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The police arrested two men from the Kudo-kai group in June of 2002.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He, too, refused to work with the Kudo-kai or placate them and he, too, was shot to death just last December.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Now criminal investigators all over Japan have stepped up operations to push for the dismantling of the Kudo-kai.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza|Jake Adelstein|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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