kai

nouncommon in dialogue

New Zealand//kaɪ̯//

Food.

noun

1
informalFood.
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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori kai. Doublet of makan (via Malay) in Malaysian and Singaporean English varieties.

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