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Found 47 results matching "kai"

  • hangarau kai

    (noun) food technology.  

  • rārangi kai

    (noun) menu.  

  • pukapuka tao kai

    cookery book.  

  • whiringa kai

    (noun) selection of food, diet.   Ka pakeke haere te wahine, ka tīmata ia ki te āta whakaaro ki te whiringa kai.As a woman grows older she begins to consider her diet.

  • pukapuka tunu kai

    (noun) cookbook.  

  • taratara-o-Kai

    (noun) a pattern of surface decoration in carving and in weaving found especially on pātaka.  

  • -nga

    1. (particle) A suffix used to make verbs into nouns sometimes called derived nouns. Commonly used with verbs that do not take a direct object and take the passive ending -a and -na, statives and adjectives. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.   Kei konei tō moenga.Your bed is here. (Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)
    2. (particle) A passive ending used with only a few verbs ending in -ai.   (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85;)

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