kaikai

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English

Noun

kaikai (uncountable)

  1. Nigerian gin

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages)

Noun

kaikai

  1. food

Derived terms

Verb

kaikai intrans., transitive kaikaim

  1. eat

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

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

kaikai

  1. food
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