kai
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kai
Māori, from Melanesian pidgin kaikai
Example Sentences
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Mahinga kai sites are not just lifeboats in time of need.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023
“Think Marination ma kai with a 98118 twist …” they say on Facebook.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
"Must admit, we were tempted to yell 'Yippee kai yea' as we rode the carousel after him," they said.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2021
Still, I could be tempted away from kai yang by a larb of minced pork, for which khao khua is ground coarse to leave crackly contours.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019
Sallustius, the neo-Platonic philosopher, in his treatise Peri Theon kai Kosmou, "Concerning the gods and the existing state of things," explains the rape of Persephone as signifying the descent of the soul.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley
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