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.