kai

/kaɪ̯/

name 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

dear, over

My dear kai friend helped me move house last weekend without asking for anything in return.

VERB + KAI

get, handed, reckon

I reckon kai is a great choice for a healthy weeknight dinner.

KAI + NOUN

drier, i'm, kerry, nest, s

We found a kai nest hidden in the old oak tree near Kerry's farm.

ADV.

really

My little sister kai really wanted to go to the beach yesterday.

Definitions

noun

Food.

Actually, I'm not sure I like these new hangis using the foil, it tends to stop the juices getting through to the stones and I reckon the hangi kai is drier to the palate.

Got to go now and get some kai.

name

A male given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage.

A female given name of modern usage.

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Example Bank

Actually, I'm not sure I like these new hangis using the foil, it tends to stop the juices getting through to the stones and I reckon the hangi kai is drier to the palate.

Wiktionary

Got to go now and get some kai.

Wiktionary

When the sausage man handed the kai over, Kerry passed two wieners to a pair of skinny white kids who had been watching the queue the whole time.

Wiktionary

"Kai dear! I'm really sad! Having my first experience in this way." "Eh?" "Skip-ping-town."

Tatoeba · #326677

Professor Kai has been studying insects for forty years.

Tatoeba · #10465115

Kai’s nest is near the tiptop of a Ponderosa Pine.

Tatoeba · #12364931

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, kai is marked as informal, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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