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kaikai

Bingham

káikai

n. a meal, a civilized meal.
firm particles in kabubu.
vi. to partake of a meal after the fashion of white men.

Sabatier

kaikai

from. Polynesian or pidgin English.
v. kai: to eat, to take a meal.
n. a meal.

kaikai1

from. kai.
a. kakaikai, containing hard particles, wood, gravel, kernel, etc., speaking of food as for example kabubu.
n. hard part in body of clam shell (giant Tridacoconute).

kaikai2

n. a shark.

Goo & Banner

kaikai

n. a shark (ll).

Topics: Fish, Shells and sea creatures, Food and cooking, The body, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner)