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Kai

//kaɪ̯// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage.
  2. 2
    A female given name of modern usage. rare
Noun
  1. 1
    Food. Australia, New-Zealand, informal, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Māori kai. Doublet of makan (via Malay) in Malaysian and Singaporean English varieties.

Etymology 2

Taken into regular use in the 1990s, with earlier popularity peaks in Scandinavia and Germany. The medieval Danish Kaj is possibly of Roman origin, Latinized as Caius, like the rare medieval English male given name Kay. The German Kai may also derive from a West Frisian pet form of Gerard, Cornelius, Nicholas, or Kampe "warrior". In the U.S. Kai has also been explained as Hawaiian kai (“sea”).

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