kaikai
English
Noun
kaikai (uncountable)
- Nigerian gin
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages)
Noun
kaikai
- food
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:11:
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Derived terms
- pikinini bilong kaikai
Verb
kaikai intrans., transitive kaikaim
- eat
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:16:
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Usage notes
This is one of the only Tok Pisin verbs that may take a direct object but does not terminate in -im.
See also
- kai
- kaikaim
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