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"2": "map-pro",
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"english": "a song for guests when they wait for food",
"word": "hari kai"
},
{
"english": "to buy food",
"word": "hoko kai"
},
{
"english": "crop",
"word": "huanga kai"
},
{
"english": "a contemptible person, a strong insult",
"tags": [
"offensive",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "kai hamuti"
},
{
"english": "overdose",
"word": "kai inati"
},
{
"english": "esophagus",
"word": "pū kai"
},
{
"english": "a dining room",
"word": "rūma kai"
},
{
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"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "tunu kai"
},
{
"english": "restaurant, canteen, any eating establishment",
"word": "wharekai"
},
{
"english": "restaurant",
"word": "wāhi kai"
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"cuisine",
"food",
"lifestyle"
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"word": "kaimoana"
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"english": "refuse (inedible leftovers) of a meal",
"word": "kainga"
}
]
}
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"word": "kai"
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*kaən"
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"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kaən",
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"to eat (to consume food)"
],
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"eat",
"eat"
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"word": "kai"
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"Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
"Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
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"english": "a song for guests when they wait for food",
"word": "hari kai"
},
{
"english": "to buy food",
"word": "hoko kai"
},
{
"english": "crop",
"word": "huanga kai"
},
{
"english": "a contemptible person, a strong insult",
"tags": [
"offensive",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "kai hamuti"
},
{
"english": "overdose",
"word": "kai inati"
},
{
"english": "esophagus",
"word": "pū kai"
},
{
"english": "a dining room",
"word": "rūma kai"
},
{
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "tunu kai"
},
{
"english": "restaurant, canteen, any eating establishment",
"word": "wharekai"
},
{
"english": "restaurant",
"word": "wāhi kai"
}
],
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"2": "kain"
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"expansion": "Tagalog kain",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "map-pro",
"3": "*kaən"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *kaən",
"name": "inh"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən (compare with Malay makan, Tagalog kain “to eat” and kanin “food esp. cooked rice”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.",
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"3": "",
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"expansion": "kai",
"name": "head"
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"args": {},
"expansion": "kai",
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"lang": "Maori",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"topics": [
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"cuisine",
"food",
"lifestyle"
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"word": "kaimoana"
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"english": "refuse (inedible leftovers) of a meal",
"word": "kainga"
}
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"food",
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"word": "kai"
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