kaimātai
1. to sponge off others, bludge, scrounge, cadge.
He kite nō rātou i te mate me te rawakore o te tāngata e puta mai ana i runga i te mahi whiuwhiu moni a te iwi Māori ki te whāngai i ngā ope haere noa ki te kaimātai kai mā rātou (TWM 29/12/1874:319). / Because they have seen the disease and poverty of the people appearing as a result of the Māori people providing money to feed the groups coming to beg for food for themselves.
Synonyms: whakapatipati, whakapati, pati, patipati, pīnono, pīnene, kaipaoke, pītoto
2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of others.
Synonyms: kōtare, parakūkā, kōtaretare, kaipaoke
