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kai

noun
/kaɪ̯//kaɪ/CA

Etymology

Taken into regular use in the 1990s, with earlier popularity peaks in Scandinavia and Germany. The medieval Danish Kaj is possibly of Roman origin, Latinized as Caius, like the rare medieval English male given name Kay. The German Kai may also derive from a West Frisian pet form of Gerard, Cornelius, Nicholas, or Kampe "warrior". In the U.S. Kai has also been explained as Hawaiian kai (“sea”).

  1. borrowed from kai

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • 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.

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

  3. A female given name of modern usage.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA