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单词 whare kai
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Definition of whare kai in English:

whare kai

nounPlural whare kaisˌfɑːreɪ ˈkʌɪ
NZ
  • A dining room or dining hall on a traditional Maori settlement.

    a bunch of adults were sitting in the front of the whare kai playing cards
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "Eat your colours everyday," say the cheerful posters in the whare kai.
    • The whare kai is where eating takes place at the conclusion of the powhiri.
    • In the whare kai, the alluring smell of burning manuka draws us around the fireplace.
    • The original dining hall wash the first modern whare kai to be built on a Ngati Porou marae.
    • Move to the Whare kai (dining room) for a hangi dinner
    • They are posed alongside a surprisingly art deco structure which is the whare kai.
    • The Whare Kai is a separate building, not necessarily as a physical reality but in some cases as a concept or belief.
    • In the case of the whare kai, the ancestor is generally one associated with hospitality.
    • It also includes the whare kai, a building for the preparation and provision of food.
    • This social intimacy is further consolidated by later sharing a meal in a neighboring whare kai.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Maori.

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