kai
Bingham
kái
adv. easily, without difficulty, soon, readily.
n. punishment, anything carried in the hand for the purpose of throwing- wood, a stick, a handle, a weapon.
vi. to be in trouble, in straits, in difficulty.
kaái
n. a bird with long legs, the.
Sabatier
kai
intj. of surprise, interrogation, affirmation.
ex.
- Kai! te Tama: Here's father.
- kai antai?: well, who?
syn. ai antai.
kai1
n. te kai: ka:i (plural).
word with numerous meanings,may be divided into four categories: 1.
wood, 2. instrument, 3. pain, 4. chastisement, punishment... 1. wood in general: trees, plants, stick, switch, rod, pointer, lath, piece. te kaina, uakai, teni kai, etc.
2. instrument: tool, arm, projectile, machine, apparatus, material.
word with numerous meanings,may be divided into four categories: 1.
wood, 2. instrument, 3. pain, 4. chastisement, punishment... 1. wood in general: trees, plants, stick, switch, rod, pointer, lath, piece. te kaina, uakai, teni kai, etc.
2. instrument: tool, arm, projectile, machine, apparatus, material.
fig. method, system, trick, manner, procedure, way, mimic, rhythm, turn.
n. te tia kai: a conjurer, a juggler, an expert at wrestling, boxing, etc.
v. ua-kai: to have or carry arms, tools.
n. 3. pain: suffering (physical or moral), particular sickness, want, privation, need, misery.
ex.
- kai n nano: want, privation, be in need.
- e kai nanou n te...: I suffer by the privation of..., for the want of...
n. 4. chastisement, punishment, defeat, victory, vengeance, revenge.
ex.
- e a toka au kai: I am victorious.
- e a reke kaiu: I am punished.
- te reke ni kai:
nv. chastisement, punishment.
ex.
- te kaoa ni kai: exposing to danger.
- te kareke kai: vengeance, retaliation, chastisement.
- te taenikai (e tae te kai): defeat, to be defeated, vanquished.
- tokanikai (e toka te kai): victory, triumph, to be victorious, triumphant.
- katokanikaia: to vanquish, to triumph over..., to overcome to outweigh, to surpass.
idiom. e maoto kaiu: I got my revenge.
n. 5. te kai: a conquered person, a prisoner of war, reduced to slavery.
syn. kaunga (S.).
ex.
- by ext. te kai: servant.
- e a kainira: he works us as servants.
- au kai, am kai, ana kai: my helper, your helper, etc.
kai2
n. kain te... kaini... kaina... kaia...: an inhabitant, occupant, member, adherent, citizen, people of...
ex.
- kaini Kiribati: Gilbertese.
- kain te Ekaretia: members of the church.
- akea kaia: no inhabitants.
a. kakai: inhabited, populated.
ex. kakai: having many fruit trees (wooded).
kai3
adv. kakai: easily, readily, promptly, without difficulty. It has the meaning of able on the end of English and French words.
ex.
- kakai uruaki: breakable.
- ae kakai tangiraki: amiable, agreeable.
- ae kai buti: rapid.
kai4
n. te kai: <bird> crane, heron.
a. roroa ni kai: crane's neck.
wae ni kai: having legs like a crane.
wae ni kai: having legs like a crane.
nv. wi-kai: to be ashamed, confused, abashed, crestfallen, disappointed (slang).
ex. wae ni kai: to walk like a crane.
kai5
v. to search for shell fish in the sand. te kai koikoi, te kai koumara, te kai katura, etc.
vt. kaia: to scratch in the sand for certain shell fish.
Goo & Banner
kaai
sn. Demigretta sacra.
n. <bird> reef heron (aa).
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