kaikai

English

Noun

kaikai (uncountable)

  1. Nigerian gin

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages)

Noun

kaikai

  1. food
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:11:
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

Verb

kaikai intrans., transitive kaikaim

  1. eat
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:16:
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

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
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