kai
Maori
verb
Definitions
- to eat consume
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *kai inherited from Proto-Oceanic *kani inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*kaən
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kaikoura English
- kai English
- kaon Cebuano
- kain Tagalog
- *kaən Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *kaən Proto-Austronesian
- kai Tok Pisin
- ʻai Hawaiian
- *makan Proto-Malayic
- Kaikōura Maori
- kainga Maori
- kōura Maori
- *kai Proto-Polynesian
- kaon Bikol Central
- *kani Proto-Oceanic
- kana Fijian
- kani Fijian
- kai Rapa Nui
- kai Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- kaekae Bislama
- kaekae Pijin