kai

kai

(kaɪ)

n

NZ food

[Māori, from Melanesian pidgin kaikai]

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kai

noun (N.Z. informal) food, grub (slang), provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang), feed, diet, meat, bread, tuck (informal), tucker (Austral. & N.Z. informal), rations, nutrition, tack (informal), refreshment, scoff (slang), nibbles, foodstuffs, nourishment, chow (informal), sustenance, nosh (slang), daily bread, victuals, edibles, comestibles, provender, nosebag (slang), pabulum (rare), nutriment, vittles (obsolete or dialect), viands, aliment, eatables (slang), F%D (S.M.S.) I'm starving - let's have some kai.

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