Found 44 results matching "kai"

• kai hamuti

  bugger! blast! damn! arsehole! you bugger, that bugger, that bitch, you so-and-so - a curse indicating annoyance, dislike or mild anger towards someone.  
  

• kai moana

  (noun) seafood, shellfish.   See also kaimoana.
  

• kai paipa

  1. (loan) (verb) to have a smoke.   Tekau meneti i tukua mō te kai paipa.There was a ten minute break for smoking.
  2. (loan) (stative) be everyday, informal, ordinary, mundane.  
  

• Kai-kārae

  (location) Kaikorae Lagoon (Dunedin).  
  

• ka kai koe i ō hamuti.

  you'll regret it.  
  

• kai paraurehe

  (noun) junk food.  
  

• kai

  1. (verb) (-nga,-ngia) to eat, consume, feed (oneself), partake.  
  2. (noun) food, meal.   He nui te kai: te parāoa, te huka, te tī, te pīkara, te tōhi, te pīwhi, te poaka, me te tini o ngā kai (KO 15/12/1886 wh8).There was plenty of food: bread, sugar, tea, pickles, toast, beef, pork, and much more. (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 33-34;Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 35-49;)
  

• kai

  (particle) at (eastern dialect variation of kei).   See also kei.
  

• kai a te ahi!

  (interjection) fucking bastard! fuckwit! fucking arsehole! motherfucker! - a strong curse indicating anger or hatred towards someone or something.   (Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106;Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)
  

• kai a te kurī!

  (interjection) fucking bastard! fuckwit! fucking arsehole! motherfucker! - a strong curse indicating anger or hatred towards someone or something.   (Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106;Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)
  

• kihikihi-kai

  (noun) little grass cicada, variable cicada, Kikihia muta - a common species that varies from green to almost black. Used as a source of food, hence the name.   audio
  

• kai-whiore

  (noun) incest.  
  

• kai-

  Prefix added to verbs which express some kind of action to form nouns denoting a human agent, i.e. the person doing the action.   He kaiārahi ia i Te Whakarewarewa.She is a guide at Whakarewarewa. (Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 48-49;) See also porokaihākere, kaihoe.
  

• wāhi kai

  (noun) café, restaurant.  
  

• niho kai waiū

  (noun) baby tooth, milk tooth - children's teeth which are replaced by permanent ones.  
  

• puhi-kai-ariki

  (noun) little carved figure, facing the bow, at the base of the taurapa (sternpost) of a carved canoe.  
  

• Mana Kai Rangahau

  (noun) New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Limited.  
  

• hoko kai

  (verb) to buy food, to sell food.   (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 93-98;)
  

• muhu kai

  (stative) be inattentive.  
  

• anā [tō] kai!

  take that! serves you right! - idiom used when the speaker is unsympathetic towards the plight of another person.   I mahue au i te pahi ki te kura i te ata nei. Anā tō kai! Kāore koe i maranga i te wā e tika ana.I missed the school bus this morning. Serves you right! You didn't get up when you should have. (Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 163;)