Provender vs Kai - What's the difference?
provender | kai | Related terms |
Food, especially for livestock.
* 1663 ,
An edible material that provides sustenance.
food
* 1995 , Graeme Williams, The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ
* 2003 , "RK", Maori TV'' (on newsgroup ''nz.general )
* 2003 , "Carmen", Is there really a censor in NZ?!'' (on newsgroup ''nz.general )
Provender is a related term of kai.
As a noun provender
is food, especially for livestock.provender
English
Noun
(en-noun)- He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender , wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.
Synonyms
* (animal food) fodderExternal links
* *kai
English
Noun
(-)- 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.
- 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.
- Got to go now and get some kai .
