A persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
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fr kaki (persimmon) · zh 柿子 (persimmon) · cs kaki (persimmon) · scn lotu (persimmon) · ca caqui (persimmon) · ko 감 (persimmon) · pl kaki (persimmon) · ja 柿 (persimmon) · de Kakipflaume (persimmon) · eo kakinoko (persimmon) · ru хурма́ (persimmon) · de Kaki (persimmon) · it cachi (persimmon) · fr plaqueminier (persimmon) · vi hồng (persimmon)
From Malay kaki (“legs, feet, accomplices”). Unrelated to Hokkien and Teochew 家己人 (ka-kī-lâng / ga¹ gi⁷ nang⁵, “one of us”).
Meanings
(Singlish) A close friend, or group of friends with a shared common interest.
That’s why gang members always move as a group, because when your group is big … when your enemy sees you with many kakis [peers], they will also think want to attack you or not […] 2023, Narayanan Ganapathy, quoting an Omega gang member, Gangs and Minorities in Singapore: Masculinity, Marginalization and Resistance, Bristol University Press, →ISBN, page 127:
My usual mahjong kaki. 2000, Dennis Wee, Sylvia Fong, Making Luck with Your Hands, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore, page 59:
He has his posse of stylist-kakis. 2000 July 2, Yeow Kai Chai, The Sunday Times (Sunday Plus), quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 5: