| 释义 |
‖ kapai, a. and adv. N.Z.|ˈkæpaɪ|
Also carpi, ka pai.
[Maori ka pai.]
Good, fine; also as an exclamation of pleasure or approval.
1836W. B. Marshall Personal Narr. Two Visits N.Z. ii. 256 ‘Kapai! Good!’ being the only vocable by which satisfaction at the receipt of kindness is communicable. 1840E. Hobson Let. 29 June in A. Drummond Married & gone to N.Z. (1960) 50 My dear husband..is on excellent terms with the natives, who call him the Carpi (good) Governor. 1861Taranaki Punch 2 Jan. 2/1 The pudding turned out kapai until we came to cut it. 1918N.Z.E.F. Chrons. 27 Feb. 37/1 The evening was simply ‘kapai’. 1933F. E. Baume Half-Caste v. 55 You're looking kapai, Ngaire. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 30 They can do South Sea hulas... Ka pai! they're very good. 1960N. Hilliard Maori Girl ii. xiii. 153 ‘Kapai!’ shouted Henry. |