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Wai vs Kai - What's the difference?

wai | kai |

Kai is a related term of wai.



As nouns the difference between wai and kai

is that wai is a Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow while kai is {{context|lang=en|NZ|informal}} food.

As an adverb wai

is why a purposeful misspelling.

As a conjunction wai

is why a purposeful misspelling.

As a proper noun Kai is

a given name derived from Germanic of modern usage.

wai

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.

    • Etymology 2

    Phonetic respelling of why.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)

    • Conjunction

    (en-conjunction)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)

    • Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Aka-Bea==

    Adverb

    (head)
  • indeed

    • References

    * Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923) ---- =='Are'are==

    Noun

    (head)
  • fresh water

    • Antonyms

    *

    References

    * Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary ----

    kai

    English

    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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