Noun

(-)

food

* 1995 , Graeme Williams, The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ

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.

* 2003 , "RK", Maori TV'' (on newsgroup ''nz.general )

i.e. they'll spend the first four hours enthusiastic as can be, then get bored, want some kai , go down to the local fish and chip shop & bottle store & spend the rest of the episode telling drunken stories of how they used to steal from the "pakeha that owned the store on the corner" and about days spent down at the social welfare office.

* 2003 , "Carmen", Is there really a censor in NZ?!'' (on newsgroup ''nz.general )

Got to go now and get some kai .

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Noun

(en noun)

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Various, title=The Olive Fairy Book, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1898, author=Rounsevelle Wildman, title=Tales of the Malayan Coast, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="You shall go to Mecca when you grow up, and become a Hadji, and when you come back the high kadi shall take you in the mosque and make a kateeb of you," said I. "Now put your forehead to the ground and thank the good Allah that the kuching had eaten dog before he got you." }}

* {{quote-book, year=1836, author=Robert Huish, title=Lander's Travels, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Each has an imaum, but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud. }} ----