"kai" meaning in Hawaiian

See kai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈkai̯/, [ˈkɐj], [ˈkɛj]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*tai}} Proto-Polynesian *tai, {{cog|mi|tai}} Maori tai, {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*tasik}} Proto-Oceanic *tasik, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*tasik}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik, {{cog|ms|tasik}} Malay tasik Head templates: {{head|haw|interjection}} kai
  1. my, how much!; how very! how terrific! Related terms: kainō, keu
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-intj-Pw3LBiI6

Noun

IPA: /ˈkai̯/, [ˈkɐj], [ˈkɛj]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*tai}} Proto-Polynesian *tai, {{cog|mi|tai}} Maori tai, {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*tasik}} Proto-Oceanic *tasik, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*tasik}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik, {{cog|ms|tasik}} Malay tasik Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} kai
  1. sea
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-noun-SmnxnIwm
  2. salt water
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-noun-jUfWERjN
  3. seaside, area near the sea, lowlands
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-noun-tCL85If7 Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 2 74 2 14 1
  4. tide, current in the sea
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-noun-rKYa~i4B
  5. gravy, sauce, dressing, soup, broth
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-noun-wpr4vIVF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wai, moana

Verb

IPA: /ˈkai̯/, [ˈkɐj], [ˈkɛj]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*tai}} Proto-Polynesian *tai, {{cog|mi|tai}} Maori tai, {{inh|haw|poz-oce-pro|*tasik}} Proto-Oceanic *tasik, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*tasik}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik, {{cog|ms|tasik}} Malay tasik Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} kai
  1. (stative) to be insipid, brackish, tasteless Tags: stative
    Sense id: en-kai-haw-verb-ZaZNpH2M
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "tai"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori tai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
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        "3": "*tasik"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *tasik",
      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tasik"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tasik",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "kai",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "moana"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "english": "towards the sea",
          "text": "i kai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "on the seaside, toward the sea, in the direction of the sea",
          "text": "makai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "of the lowland, of the sea, seaward",
          "text": "o kai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "shore dwellers",
          "text": "nā kānaka o kai",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "sea"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "salt water"
      ],
      "id": "en-kai-haw-noun-jUfWERjN",
      "links": [
        [
          "salt water",
          "salt water"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 2 74 2 14 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seaside, area near the sea, lowlands"
      ],
      "id": "en-kai-haw-noun-tCL85If7",
      "links": [
        [
          "seaside",
          "seaside"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tide, current in the sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-kai-haw-noun-rKYa~i4B",
      "links": [
        [
          "tide",
          "tide"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gravy, sauce, dressing, soup, broth"
      ],
      "id": "en-kai-haw-noun-wpr4vIVF",
      "links": [
        [
          "gravy",
          "gravy"
        ],
        [
          "sauce",
          "sauce"
        ],
        [
          "dressing",
          "dressing"
        ],
        [
          "soup",
          "soup"
        ],
        [
          "broth",
          "broth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɐj]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kai"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "tai"
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      "expansion": "Maori tai",
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      "expansion": "Malay tasik",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to be insipid, brackish, tasteless"
      ],
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        [
          "insipid",
          "insipid"
        ],
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          "brackish",
          "brackish"
        ],
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          "tasteless",
          "tasteless"
        ]
      ],
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        "(stative) to be insipid, brackish, tasteless"
      ],
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        "stative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɐj]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kai"
}

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      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *tai",
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    {
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        "1": "mi",
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      },
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        "1": "haw",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "tasik"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tasik",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "kai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "how beautiful!",
          "text": "kai ka nani!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "oh, how mischievous!",
          "text": "kai ke kolohe!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "my, how much!; how very! how terrific!"
      ],
      "id": "en-kai-haw-intj-Pw3LBiI6",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kainō"
        },
        {
          "word": "keu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɐj]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kai"
}
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    "Hawaiian lemmas",
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    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "kai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wai"
    },
    {
      "word": "moana"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "towards the sea",
          "text": "i kai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "on the seaside, toward the sea, in the direction of the sea",
          "text": "makai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "of the lowland, of the sea, seaward",
          "text": "o kai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "shore dwellers",
          "text": "nā kānaka o kai",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "salt water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salt water",
          "salt water"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "seaside, area near the sea, lowlands"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seaside",
          "seaside"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tide, current in the sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tide",
          "tide"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gravy, sauce, dressing, soup, broth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gravy",
          "gravy"
        ],
        [
          "sauce",
          "sauce"
        ],
        [
          "dressing",
          "dressing"
        ],
        [
          "soup",
          "soup"
        ],
        [
          "broth",
          "broth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɐj]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kai"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).",
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
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      },
      "expansion": "kai",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian stative verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be insipid, brackish, tasteless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insipid",
          "insipid"
        ],
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          "brackish",
          "brackish"
        ],
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          "tasteless",
          "tasteless"
        ]
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        "(stative) to be insipid, brackish, tasteless"
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɐj]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kai"
}

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    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *tai (compare with Maori tai), from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "kai",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kainō"
    },
    {
      "word": "keu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "how beautiful!",
          "text": "kai ka nani!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "oh, how mischievous!",
          "text": "kai ke kolohe!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "my, how much!; how very! how terrific!"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkai̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɐj]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛj]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kai"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hawaiian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.